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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*birkīnaz“made of birch”
- Old Englishbircen
- Middle Englishbirchen
- Englishbirchen
From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), equivalent to birch + -en. Cognate with Scots birken, birkin (“birchen”), Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).
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Dutch beken
- bekenmade of birch
Finnish koivuinen
- koivuinenmade of birch
Polish brzozowy
- brzozowymade of birch
Portuguese de bétula/vidoeiro
- de bétula/vidoeiromade of birch
Russian берёзовый
- берёзовый (berjózovyj)made of birch
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birchen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birchen
“birchen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birchen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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