Where does “oak” come from?

Oak comes from Middle English ook, from Old English āc, from Proto-Germanic aiks, from Latin apium, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-.

oak (English): A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed...

Definitions

  1. A deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed...

Ancestry of “oak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishakeAlternative form of ac; Alternative form of ache
2Old Englishācoak; oaken ship
3Proto-West Germanicakbut
4Proto-Germanicakbut, however
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—

Words derived from “oak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge →