Etymology

berkovets

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Today it means: An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods. Full definition →

Russian бе́рковец ← Old East Slavic бьрковьскъ ← Old Norse Birka
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  1. Old Norse · derived fromBirka
  2. Old East Slavic · derived fromбьрковьскъ“of Birka”
  3. Russian · borrowed fromбе́рковец
  4. English todayberkovets

From Russian бе́рковец (bérkovec); derived from бе́рковеск (bérkovesk), Old East Slavic бьрковьскъ (bĭrkovĭskŭ, “of Birka”), ultimately Old Norse Birka, a port city in mediaeval Sweden.

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