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Bark

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means the tough protective outer covering of a tree's trunk and branches
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Stage 1 of 2
borkr
Old Norse · medieval
"tree bark"
the tough outer covering of a tree
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Stage 2 of 2
bark
English · 1300s
"the tough outer covering of a tree trunk"
settled as the English word for the outer covering of a tree
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