birch

*bʰerHǵeh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

*birkijǭ (Proto-Germanic)

Birch.

bierċe (Old English)

beorċ (Old English)

birk (Middle English)

birch (English)

To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.. To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood. A birch-bark canoe.. A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.. A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.. Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in [...]