Reconstruction:Old Dutch/birca

This Old Dutch entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• *berca

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ. Only attested in toponyms.

Noun

*birca f

1. birch

Inflection

Declension of *birca (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	*birca	*birca, *bircon
accusative	*birca, *bircon	*birca, *bircon
genitive	*bircon	*bircono
dative	*bircon	*bircon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: berke
  • Dutch: berk
    • Afrikaans: berk
  • Limburgish: bèrk

References

• “birka”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012