köken: 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.
köken: Inherited from Middle French, derived from Old French boul, bououl + -eau. The former from *betullus, alteration of Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Compare Italian betulla, Catalan bedoll, Spanish abedul, Portuguese bétula, as well as Galician bídalo and bidueiro.
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin *betūle or *betūlus, from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Also compare Catalan bedoll, French bouleau, Portuguese bétula, Italian betulla.
köken: From Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Compare Portuguese bétula, Spanish abedul, Catalan bedoll, French bouleau.
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic береза (bereza), from Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós, whence English birch.
köken: From Middle Dutch berke, from Old Dutch *berca, from Proto-West Germanic *berku, from Proto-Germanic *berkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.
φυλλοβόλο δέντρο του γένους Betula με πλατιά οδοντωτά ωοειδή φύλλα, λευκό φλοιό, και καρπό που μοιάζει με μικρό πτερύγιο· από το ξανθό ξύλο του δέντρου φτιάχνονται έπιπλα
birch, birch tree (any tree of the genus Betula) · birch, birchwood (wood of this tree)
çekim: çoğul brzozy · tamlayan brzozy
eş: brzezia
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀźas Proto-Slavic *bèrza Old Polish brzoza Polish brzoza Inherited from Old Polish brzoza.
köken: Inherited from Old Czech břieza, from Proto-Slavic *berza, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *berźas, *berźā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós, *bʰerHǵeh₂.
köken: Inherited from Late Latin mastichinus, from Ancient Greek μαστίχινος (mastíkhinos). It may have been analogically re-formed as a singular from the plural (mesteceni), originally of an older form *mestecen, or alternatively influenced analogically by words like cearcăn, leagăn, etc.
Borrowed from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-. Compare Italian betulla, Spanish abedul, Catalan bedoll, French bouleau.