birki-

Old Norse

Etymology

From bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *berkō, *birkijǭ (“birch”).

Prefix

birki-

birchen, birch-
birki- + ‎viðr (“wood”) → ‎birkiviðr (“birchwood”)

Derived terms

Category Old Norse words prefixed with birki- not found

References

birki- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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