Where does “ackern” come from?

ackern (German) comes from German acker, from Middle High German acker, from Old High German ackar, from Proto-West Germanic *akr — field, open land.

ackern (German): to plow; to slog away, to work hard

Definitions

  1. to plow; to slog away, to work hard

Ancestry of “ackern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanackerinflection of ackern: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanackerfield, acre
3Old High Germanackarfarmland, field, plot of land
4Proto-West Germanic*akrfield, open land

Words derived from “ackern

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *akr