Proto-Indo-European

*bʰerHǵós

‘birch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós, most familiar first.

• birk ← birche ← birċe ← *birkijā ← *birkijǭ
• birken ← birchen ← bircen ← *birkīnaz ← *berkō
• birchen ← bircen ← *birkīnaz ← *berkō
• fraxinin ← fraxinus ← *frā̆ksinos ← *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós