Where does “Franeker” come from?

Franeker (English) comes from Dutch Franeker, from Old Frisian Frāneker, from Old Frisian ekker, from Proto-West Germanic *akr — field, open land.

Ancestry of “Franeker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchFraneker—
2Old FrisianFrāneker—
3Old Frisianekkerfield, acre
4Proto-West Germanic*akrfield, open land
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *akr →Every word from Old Frisian ekker →Every word from Old Frisian Frāneker →