*berkō

Runic: ᛒᛖᚱᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈber.kɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

birch
name of the rune ᛒ (b)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ-eh₂, from root *bʰerHǵ- (‘to shine, to gleam, whiten’). Cognate with Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá) (bhūrjá, ‘a species of birch’), Proto-Slavic *berza (‘birch’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	berkō	berkôz
Acc.	berkǭ	berkōz
Gen.	berkōz	berkǫ̂
Dat.	berkōi	berkōmaz
Inst.	berkō	berkōmiz
Voc.	berkō	berkôz

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Descendants

*berku (Proto-West Germanic)
- beorc (Old English)
*berku (Proto-West Germanic)
- *berca (Old Dutch)
  - berke (Middle Dutch)
    - berk (Dutch)
      - berk (Afrikaans)
*berku (Proto-West Germanic)
- birka, biricha (Old High German)
  - birke, birche (Middle High German)
    - Birke (German)
bjǫrk (Old Norse)
- bjørk (Faroese)
- björk (Icelandic)
bjǫrk (Old Norse)
- bjørk, bjerk, børk (Norwegian)
  - bjørk, bjerk (Danish)
    - bjørk, bjerk (Norwegian Bokmål)
bjǫrk (Old Norse)
- birk, *biork (Old Danish)
  - birk (Danish)
bjǫrk (Old Norse)
- biork (Old Swedish)
  - björk (Swedish)

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