Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/birkijā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ. Equivalent to *berku +‎ *-jā (agent suffix).

Noun

*birkijā f

1. birch

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*birkijā
Genitive	*birkijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*birkijā	*birkijōn
Accusative	*birkijōn	*birkijōn
Genitive	*birkijōn	*birkijōnō
Dative	*birkijōn	*birkijōm, *birkijum
Instrumental	*birkijōn	*birkijōm, *birkijum

Derived terms

• *birkīn

Descendants

• Old English: bierċe, birċe; birċiae — early
  • Middle English: birche, byrche, birch, birk, byrke, birke, breche
    • English: birch
    • Northumbrian: birk
    • Scots: birk
• Old Frisian: birk
  • West Frisian: bjirk
• Old Saxon: birka, berka
  • Middle Low German: berke, barke
    • Low German: Bark
    • Plautdietsch: Boakj
• Old Dutch: *berka (attested in Berclar)
  • Middle Dutch: berke
    • Dutch: berk
      • Afrikaans: berk
    • Limburgish: bèrk
• Old High German: birihha, birka, bircha
  • Middle High German: birke (< birka, bircha)
    • German: Birke
    • Luxembourgish: Bierk