бирка

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See also: birka and birkā

Russian

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Бирка на ухе овцы

Etymology

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Unclear. There are several hypotheses: a borrowing from a North Germanic word for birch, compare to Danish birk, Norwegian bjerk; a Turkic borrowing, compare to Turkish bir + iki (one + two); or a derivation from Old East Slavic събьрати (sŭbĭrati, to assemble) (modern Russian собира́ть (sobirátʹ)), from Proto-Slavic *bьrati (to take).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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би́рка (bírkaf inan (genitive би́рки, nominative plural би́рки, genitive plural би́рок)

  1. nameplate, label, tag
    Synonym: ярлы́к (jarlýk)
  2. (historical) tally stick (notched piece of wood used for keeping an account)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Finnish: pirkka
  • Ingrian: birkka

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бирка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress