Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “īken” come from?

īken (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin aequō, from Latin æquus, from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Ancestry of “īken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequō—
2Latinæquus—
3Latinvocāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “īken”

  • ijken
  • ijkboson
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →