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berkovets

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
berkovets
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.

Etymology

From Russian бе́рковец (bérkovec); derived from бе́рковеск (bérkovesk), Old East Slavic бьрковьскъ (bĭrkovĭskŭ, “of Birka”), ultimately Old Norse Birka, a port city in mediaeval Sweden.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: бе́рковец, бьрковьскъ, Birka

Inflected Forms

berkovetz (alternative) berkowitz (alternative)

Questions

What does berkovets mean?
An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 164 kilograms or 10 poods.
Where does berkovets come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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