birk · noun1
- Northern Middle English · inherited frombirk
- English todaybirk
From Northern Middle English birk, birke, byrke (“birch”), (southern Middle English birche). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk.
Birk · proper noun2
- Old English · derived fromburh
- English todayBirk
From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishburh all →
boroughMiddlesbroughburleyburrowburghbroughDewsburyAldeburghCanonburyAldboroughBerry Pomeroy-boro-borough-burghburhBurphamBurrough on the HillHemingbroughOnibury
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