Etymology

Birkin

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5326). Full definition →

Old English bircen ← Old Norse birkinn
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  1. Old Norse · derived frombirkinn
  2. Old English · derived frombircen“birchen”
  3. English todayBirkin

From Old English bircen (“birchen”), probably influenced by Old Norse birkinn.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbircen all →

birkenbirchen

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.