Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA birch tree. · A Eurasian minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus, syn. Leuciscus phoxinus).
From Northern Middle English birk, birke, byrke (“birch”), (southern Middle English birche). More at birch. (tree): Cognate with Scots birk.
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