Where does “ijken” come from?

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

ijken (Dutch): to gauge; to calibrate

Definitions

  1. to gauge; to calibrate

Ancestry of “ijken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ijken”

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