Where does “ijk” come from?

ijk (Dutch) comes from Dutch ijken, from Middle Dutch īken, from Latin aequō, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

ijk (Dutch): gauge

Definitions

  1. gauge

Ancestry of “ijk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchijkento gauge; to calibrate
2Middle Dutchīkento gauge
3Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
4Latinæquusequal
5Latinvocāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “ijk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →