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Etymology edit

Inherited 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.

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bǫrkr m (genitive barkar, plural berkir)

  1. bark (of a tree)

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