The story
- Old English · derived frombirċe“birch”
- English todayBrisco
From Old English birċe (“birch”) + sceaga (“thicket”), Scandinavianised with the Old Norse cognates birkja + skógr.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbirċe all →
birchBurchfieldBirchallbircherBirchleyBirchmore
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.