(declension-2, declension-4) an oak, oak-tree, especially the Italian oak
(declension-2, declension-4, poetic) something made from oak wood (e.g., an oaken ship, an oaken javelin, etc.)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkʷɛr.kʊs]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kʷerkus, assimilated from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”). Compare Old Norse fýri (as in fýriskógr (“pine-wood”). See also English fir.