bǫrkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *barkuz (“bark of a tree”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós (“birch”)

Related to German Borke, Low German bark, Dutch bark, Kildin Sami па̄ҏҏк (pār̥r̥k) and English bark.

Noun

bǫrkr m (genitive barkar, plural berkir)

1. bark (of a tree)

Declension

Declension of bǫrkr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bǫrkr	bǫrkrinn	berkir	berkirnir
accusative	bǫrk	bǫrkinn	bǫrku	bǫrkuna
dative	berki	berkinum	bǫrkum	bǫrkunum
genitive	barkar	barkarins	barka	barkanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: börkur
• Faroese: børkur, bark
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bork; (dialectal) bork’e, børk
• Old Swedish: barker
  • Swedish: bark
• Old Danish: bark
  • Danish: bark
    • Norwegian Bokmål: bark
• → Old English: barc
  • Middle English: bark, barke
    • English: bark
    • Scots: bark
• → Kildin Sami: па̄ҏҏк (pār̥r̥k)

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)