bark
English
/bɑːk/, /bɑɹk/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To make a short, loud, explosive noise with the vocal organs (said of animals, especially dogs).
- (intransitive) To make a clamor; to make importunate outcries.
- (transitive) To speak sharply.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English barken inherited from Old English beorcan (bark) inherited from Proto-Germanic *berkaną (bark, rumble) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰereg- (make a noise, bark, growl, gleam, whiten).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰereg-
Gloss
make a noise, bark, growl, gleam, whiten
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Barkese English
- Berkeley English
- barkbound English
- barkcloth English
- barken English
- barker English
- barkery English
- barkest English
- barketh English
- barking English
- barkingly English
- barkless English
- barklessness English
- barklike English
- barkometer English
- barksome English
- barky English
- bebark English
- birch English
- birchbark English
- bound English
- cloth English
- cramp English
- crampbark English
- disbark English
- fringillaceous English
- fringilliform English
- iron English
- ironbark English
- lace English
- lacebark English
- nine English
- ninebark English
- nonbarking English
- oak English
- oakbark English
- outbark English
- paper English
- paperbark English
- ring English
- ringbark English
- root English
- root bark English
- rootbark English
- shag English
- shagbark English
- shell English
- shellbark English
- soap English
- soapbark English
- stem English
- stembark English
- stringy English
- stringybark English
- tan English
- tanbark English
- tree English
- treebark English
- unbark English
- underbark English
- white English
- whitebark English
- frigutio Latin
- fringilla Latin
- Borke German
- Borkenkäfer German
- *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰereg- Proto-Indo-European
- *berhtaz Proto-Germanic
- *berkaną Proto-Germanic
- beorc Old English
- beorcan Old English
- bercan Old English
- gebeorc Old English
- barken Middle English
- beberken Middle English
- berken Middle English
- berkere Middle English
- berkyng Middle English
- barki Old Norse
- fringo Esperanto
- barkakýli Icelandic
- barki Icelandic
- *berku gmw-pro
- borke Middle Low German
- frin Volapük
- oak
- tan
- tree
- nine
- shag
- iron
- ring
- stem
- soap
- root
- lace
- bound
- cloth
- cramp
- white
- paper
- barky
- shell
- birch
- barker
- bebark
- unbark
- barken
- outbark
- barketh
- barkest
- stringy
- oakbark
- barking
- disbark
- Barkese
- barkery
- tanbark
- ironbark
- lacebark
- barklike
- treebark
- ninebark
- soapbark
- Berkeley
- shagbark
- barksome
- stembark
- rootbark
- barkless
- ringbark
- shellbark
- barkbound
- barkingly
- root bark
- paperbark
- whitebark
- barkcloth
- crampbark
- birchbark
- underbark
- barkometer
- nonbarking
- stringybark
- barklessness
- fringilliform
- fringillaceous