björk

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See also: bjørk, bjǫrk, Björk, and Bjørk

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

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Noun

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björk f (genitive singular bjarkar, nominative plural bjarkir)

  1. a birch tree

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Swedish

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björkskog [birch forest]

Etymology

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From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵós.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbjœ̞rk]
    • Audio (Sweden):(file)
  • (nonstandard, nonetheless common[1]) IPA(key): [ˈbjɵrk]

Noun

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björk c

  1. birch (tree)
  2. birch (wood)

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References

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  1. ^ Tomas Riad (2013) “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal]‎[1], number 3