Where does “Ecke” come from?

Ecke (German) comes from Middle High German ecke, from Old High German ecka, from Proto-West Germanic aggju, from Proto-Germanic agjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

Ecke (German): corner, edge; a roughly triangular or...

Definitions

  1. corner, edge; a roughly triangular or...

Ancestry of “Ecke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanecke—
2Old High Germanecka—
3Proto-West Germanicaggjuedge, corner
4Proto-Germanicagjōedge, corner
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “Ecke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic agjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic aggju →
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