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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | aequō | — |
| 2 | Latin | æquus | — |
| 3 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “īken”