Birke

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

birch (tree)

Name

a surname

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈbɪrkə/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle High German birke, from Old High German birka, bircha, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā.
The Old High German variant birihha shows a svarabhakti vowel; if continued it would have led to modern *Birche (compare Kirche). Cognate to Dutch berk, Low German Bark, English birch, Swedish björk.