bjerk

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognate with English birch and Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá).

Noun

bjerk f, m (definite singular bjerka or bjerken, indefinite plural bjerker, definite plural bjerkene)

  1. a birch (tree of genus Betula)
  2. birch (wood from the birch tree)

Derived terms

References

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognate with English birch and Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá).

Noun

bjerk f (definite singular bjerka, definite plural bjertjen)

  1. a birch tree

Derived terms

  • kjellingbjerk (“dwarf birch Betula nana”)
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