birken

Scots

/ˈbɛrkən/, /ˈbɪrkən/

adj

Definitions

Made of, consisting of, pertaining to birch; birchen.

Etymology

Suffix from Scots birk inherited from Middle English birken inherited from Old English bircen inherited from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (made of birch, birchen).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*birkīnaz

Gloss

made of birch, birchen

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

birch English
birchen English
Birke German
birken German
*birkīnaz Proto-Germanic
birce Old English
bircen Old English
birchen Middle English
birken Middle English
birkinn Old Norse
Birkenside Scots
birk Scots
birkenshaw Scots

birk
birkenshaw
Birkenside