bjerk

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === bjørk === Etymology === From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognate with English birch and Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá). === Noun === bjerk f or m (definite singular bjerka or bjerken, indefinite plural bjerker, definite plural bjerkene) a birch (tree of genus Betula) birch (wood from the birch tree) ==== Derived terms ==== bjerkeved dvergbjerk === References === “bjerk” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === bjerk f (definite singular bjerka or bjerki, indefinite plural bjerker, definite plural bjerkene) (pre-1938) alternative form of bjørk