
björk = birch tree in Icelandic
The Icelandic word “björk” and its synonym “birki” are cognates of the English “birch”, Dutch “berk”, German “Birke”, Polish “brzoza”, Ukrainian “береза” {bereza}, Lithuanian “beržas”, Sanskrit “भूर्ज” {bhurja}, etc. They all come from the Proto-Indo-European *bherhgos and It is true for many trees in Indo-European languages.
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