birch

UK /bɜːtʃ/ · US /bɝt͡ʃ/

Etymology PIE word *bʰerHǵós From Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognates Compare West Frisian bjirk, German Birke, variant of *berkō (compare Dutch berk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Norwegian bjørk), Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá), Lithuanian béržas, Czech bříza, Ossetian бӕрз (bærz), Russian берёза (berjóza)), Latin fraxinus (“ash tree, ash javelin”), Albanian bredh.

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American white birch, Asian black birch, birchbark, birch beer, birch bolete, birch bracket, birchen, birch-leaved bellflower, birchlike, birch mouse, birch of Jamaica, birch oil, birch partridge, birch sap, birch skeletonizer, birch tar, birch tree, Birch Vale, birch wine, birch wood, birchwood, birchy, black birch, black birch tree, canoe birch, cherry birch, Dahurian birch, Daurian birch, downy birch, dwarf birch, flame birch, Japanese cherry birch, Much Birch, non-birch, northern birch mouse, oil of birch, paper birch, red birch, river birch, silver birch, sweet birch, water birch, weeping birch, white birch, yellow birch