birchen
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- birken (Northern England)
Etymology edit
From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), equivalent to birch + -en. Cognate with Scots birken, birkin (“birchen”), Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).
Adjective edit
birchen (not comparable)
- Made from birch wood.
Translations edit
made of birch
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From birche (from Old English birce) + -en.
Adjective edit
birchen
Descendants edit
References edit
- “birchen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.