birki-

Old Norse

Etymology

From bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *berkō (“birch”).

Prefix

birki-

1. birchen, birch-

   ‎birki- + ‎viðr (“wood”) → ‎birkiviðr (“birchwood”)

Derived terms

Old Norse terms prefixed with birki-

birkiviðr

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “birki-”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 52; also available at the Internet Archive