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)

bark (of a tree)

Declension

Declension of bǫrkr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	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)

References

Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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