berke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *berka, from Proto-Germanic *berkō.

Noun

berke f

1. birch

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: berk
• Limburgish: bèrk

Further reading

• “berke”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “berke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Verb

berke

1. Alternative form of berken