Where does “birkenshaw” come from?

birkenshaw (Scots) comes from Scots birk, from Old English bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic birkijā, from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.

birkenshaw (Scots): A shaw of birches

Definitions

  1. A shaw of birches

Ancestry of “birkenshaw”, step by step

birkenshaw traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Scots birk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ScotsbirkA birch tree
2Old Englishbierċebirch
3Proto-West Germanicbirkijābirch
4Proto-Germanicbirkijǭbirch
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰerHǵosbirch

via Scots shaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ScotsshawA show; To show
2Middle Englishschewento show
3Old Englishscēawianto look, look at, exhibit, display; to look at,...
4Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe

via Old English sceaga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsceagacopse, thicket
2Proto-West Germanicskagō—
3Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic birkijǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic birkijā →