birchen

English

Alternative forms

• birken (Northern England)

Etymology

From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), equivalent to birch +‎ -en. Cognate with Scots birken, birkin (“birchen”), Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).

Adjective

birchen (not comparable)

1. Made from birch wood.

Translations

made of birch

• Dutch: berken (nl)
• Finnish: koivuinen
• Polish: brzozowy (pl)
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• Portuguese: de bétula/vidoeiro
• Russian: берёзовый (ru) (berjózovyj)
• Scots: birken

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• byrchyn

Etymology

From birche (from Old English birce) + -en.

Adjective

birchen

1. Made of birchwood.
2. Covered with birch trees.

Descendants

• English: birchen, birken

References

• “birchen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.