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
Ancestry of “ijken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | īken | — |
| 2 | Latin | aequō | — |
| 3 | Latin | æquus | — |
| 4 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “ijken”