Where does “Eck” come from?

Eck comes from German Eck, meaning corner or edge, though its ultimate origin and semantic development in English remain unclear.

Ancestry of “Eck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEckcorner
2Germaneckecorner, edge
3Middle High Germanecke—
4Old High Germanecka—
5Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
6Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “Eck”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic agjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic aggju →