Birke f GermanGerman name of debated origin and meaning. Current theories include an old and obscure feminine form of
Birk, which itself is an Alemannic short form of names containing the element
Burk- (the name element being derived from Old High German
burg "protection; shelter", compare
Burkhard), an early 20th-century coinage based on Indogermanic
bircha "glowing", an early 20th-century coinage based on Middle Low German
berke "birch tree" and an early 20th-century coinage based on the modern German word
Birke "birch tree" and thus making it a botanical word name.... [
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