Where does “Franeker” come from?
Franeker (Dutch) comes from Old Frisian Frāneker, from Old Frisian ekker, from Proto-West Germanic *akr.
Ancestry of “Franeker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | Frāneker | — |
| 2 | Old Frisian | ekker | field, acre |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *akr | — |
Words derived from “Franeker”