birchen
English
Alternative forms
- birken (Northern England)
Etymology
From Middle English birchen, birken, from Old English bircen, *biercen, beorcen (“made of birch, birchen”), from Proto-Germanic *birkīnaz (“made of birch”), equivalent to birch + -en. Cognate with Scots birken, birkin (“birchen”), Dutch berken (“birchen”), Low German berken (“birchen”), German birken (“birchen”).
Adjective
birchen (not comparable)
- Made from birch wood.
Translations
made of birch
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Middle English
Alternative forms
- byrchyn
Etymology
From birche (from Old English birce) + -en.
Adjective
birchen
- Made of birchwood.
- Covered with birch trees.
Descendants
- English: birchen, birken
References
- “birchen, adj.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.