birch

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
2. (countable, uncountable) A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
3. (countable, uncountable) A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
4. (countable, uncountable) A birch-bark canoe.

Verb

1. (transitive) To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
2. (transitive) To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Concetti

betulla

prendere a vergate

sferzare

bachetta

betulla bianca

Betula

frustare

sinonimi

birch tree

birchen

birken

birch rod

switch

rod

whip

birch wood

twig

Betula

flog

scourge

sprig

staff

stick

flail

tree

🌳

birchwood

wand

flagellate

wicker

withe

withy

birch-tree

cowhide

buff

hunting crop

silver birch

yellow birch

betulaceous

knock about

lather

Traduzioni

bouleau

abedul

Birke

berk

bedoll

bétula

huş

σημύδα

vidoeiro

berkeboom

betula

beç

Hänge-Birke

βέργα

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/bɜːtʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: birche

Ereditato da inglese antico: birċe

Affine frisone occidentale: bjirk

Affine tedesco: Birke

Affine olandese: berk

Affine svedese: björk

Affine norvegese: bjørk

Affine sanscrito: भूर्ज

Affine lituano: béržas

Affine ceco: bříza

Affine ossetico: бӕрз

Affine russo: берёза

Affine latino: fraxinus

Affine albanese: bredh

In summary

PIE word
*bʰerHǵós
From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos.
Cognates
Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh.