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Where does “oaked” come from?

oaked (English) comes from English oak, from Middle English ake, from Old English āc, from Proto-West Germanic ak, from Proto-Germanic ak, from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge.

oaked (English): Of a wine: aged in oak so that it acquires flavor...

Definitions

  1. Of a wine: aged in oak so that it acquires flavor...

Ancestry of “oaked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoakA deciduous tree with distinctive deeply lobed...
2Middle EnglishakeAlternative form of ac; Alternative form of ache
3Old Englishācoak; oaken ship
4Proto-West Germanicakbut
5Proto-Germanicakbut, however
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—

Words derived from “oaked”

  • unoaked
  • overoaked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge →