beechen

English

Etymology

From Middle English bechen, from Old English bēċen (“made of beechwood, beechen”), Proto-Germanic *bōkīnaz, equivalent to beech +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch beuken (“beechen”).

Adjective

beechen (not comparable)

Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech.

Translations

consisting, or made, of wood or bark of the beech

Dutch: beuken (nl)
Finnish: pyökkinen, pyökkipuinen

German: buchen (de)

References

beechen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle English

Adjective

beechen

Alternative form of bechen

References

“bechen, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2 May 2018.

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