bjørk
Norwegian Nynorsk
/bjœrk/
noun-f1
Definitions
- a birch tree a tree of the genus Betula
- birch wood from the 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
- birch English
- birchbark English
- birchen English
- bircher English
- birchlike English
- birchwood English
- birchy English
- *bʰerHǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰerHǵs Proto-Indo-European
- bjerk Norwegian Bokmål
- bjørk Norwegian Bokmål
- *berkō Proto-Germanic
- *birkijǭ Proto-Germanic
- björk Swedish
- bjørkemus Norwegian Nynorsk
- bjørkesaft Norwegian Nynorsk
- bjørkeved Norwegian Nynorsk
- dverg Norwegian Nynorsk
- dvergbjørk Norwegian Nynorsk
- mus Norwegian Nynorsk
- saft Norwegian Nynorsk
- ved Norwegian Nynorsk
- birċe Old English
- birche Middle English
- birkja Old Norse
- bjǫrk Old Norse
- björk Icelandic
- birka Old High German
- bjørk Faroese
- bjerk Westrobothnian
- *berźas Proto-Balto-Slavic