Where does “ake” come from?

Ake comes from Old English ǣcen, derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-, a root expressing sharp pain or physical distress.

ake (English): Archaic spelling of ache; forever

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of ache; forever

Ancestry of “ake”, step by step

ake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English aken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishakenAlternative form of oken; To ache, to hurt
2Old Englishacanto ache
3Proto-West Germanic*akanto ache
4Proto-Germanicakanąto drive, sail, navigate; to ache
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Maori ake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriake—

Words derived from “ake”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti →Every word from Proto-Germanic akaną →