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
| 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
- → Old English: barc
- → 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.)