berk
Dutch (Brabantic)
/bɛrk/
noun
Definitions
- birch, tree of the genus Betula
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch berke inherited from Old Dutch *berka inherited from Proto-Germanic *berkō (birch) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (birch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰerHǵós
Gloss
birch
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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
- Birke German
- birken German
- berkenboom Dutch, Flemish
- berkenroede Dutch, Flemish
- berkhaan Dutch, Flemish
- berkhoen Dutch, Flemish
- boom Dutch, Flemish
- haan Dutch, Flemish
- hoen Dutch, Flemish
- roede Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰerHǵós Proto-Indo-European
- bjørk Norwegian Bokmål
- bjørkeved Norwegian Bokmål
- dvergbjørk Norwegian Bokmål
- *berkō Proto-Germanic
- birche Middle English
- birki- Old Norse
- bjǫrk Old Norse
- berke Middle Dutch
- birka Old High German
- bjørk Faroese
- birke Middle High German
- Bierk Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *berka Old Dutch
- *bʰr̥Hȷ́ás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *berźas Proto-Balto-Slavic