björk
Icelandic
/pjœr̥k/
noun
Definitions
- a birch tree
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse bjǫrk derived from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵs.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerHǵs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bʰerHǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerHǵs Proto-Indo-European
- bjerk Norwegian Bokmål
- bjørk Norwegian Bokmål
- *berkō Proto-Germanic
- *birkijǭ Proto-Germanic
- björk Swedish
- bjørk Norwegian Nynorsk
- birċe Old English
- birkja Old Norse
- bjǫrk Old Norse
- birka Old High German
- bjørk Faroese
- bjerk Westrobothnian
- *berźas Proto-Balto-Slavic