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.

īken (Middle Dutch): to gauge

Definitions

  1. to gauge

Ancestry of “īken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaequōto equalize, make equal to something else, equate
2Latinæquusequal
3Latinvocāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “īken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Latin vocāre →Every word from Latin æquus →