Birke

Meaning

Noun

birch (tree)

Name

a surname

Concepts

birch

birch tree

birch wood

silver birch

Japanese white birch

Betula

birchwood

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɪrkə/

Etymology

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.