bherg- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	bherg-
DEFINITION:	To shine; bright, white. Oldest form bher-, becoming bherg- in centum languages. 1. bright, from Old English beorht, bright, from Germanic berhtaz, bright. 2. “The white tree,” the birch (also the ash). a. birch, birk, from Old English birc(e),* birch, from Germanic birkjn-; b. probably suffixed zero-grade form bhrag-s-. fraxinella, from Latin fraxinus, ash tree. (Pokorny bher- 139.)


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