Birke

Betekenis (Engels)

birch (tree)

Concepten

berk

berkeboom

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbɪrkə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.