The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*birkijǭ
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*birkijā
- Old English · inherited frombierċe
- Middle English · inherited frombirche“birch”
- English todayBurch
From Middle English birche (“birch”), from Old English bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishbirche all →
birch
Old Englishbierċe all →
Bircham
Proto-West Germanic*birkijā all →
birch
Proto-Germanic*birkijǭ all →
birch
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.