birche

Middle English

Alternative forms

byrche, birch, birk, byrke, birke, breche

Etymology

From Old English birċe, bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbirt͡ʃ(ə)/, /ˈbirk(ə)/

Noun

birche (plural birches)

birch (tree of genus Betula).
mastic (the tree Pistacia lentiscus).

Descendants

English: birch
Northumbrian: birk
Scots: birk

References

“birch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

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