bǫrkr
Old Norse
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Germanic *barkuz (“bark of a tree”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (“birch”)
Related to German Borke, Low German bark, Dutch bark, Kildin Sami па̄ҏҏк (pār̥r̥k) and English bark.
Noun
editbǫrkr m (genitive barkar, plural berkir)
- bark (of a tree)
Declension
edit Declension of bǫrkr (strong u-stem)
Descendants
edit- Icelandic: börkur
- Faroese: børkur, bark
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bork; (dialectal) bork’e, børk
- Old Swedish: barker
- Swedish: bark
- Old Danish: bark
- → Old English: barc
- → Kildin Sami: па̄ҏҏк (pār̥r̥k)
References
edit- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)