Where does “ac” come from?

ac (Middle English) comes from Old English āc, from Proto-West Germanic ak, from Proto-Germanic ak, from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge.

ac (Middle English): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “ac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishācoak; oaken ship
2Proto-West Germanicakbut
3Proto-Germanicakbut, however
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge →Every word from Proto-Germanic ak →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ak →