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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Eck | corner |
| 2 | German | ecke | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | ecke | — |
| 4 | Old High German | ecka | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | aggju | edge, corner |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | agjō | edge, corner |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |