Where does “aker” come from?

aker (Middle English) comes from Old English æcer, from Proto-Germanic *akr, from Proto-Germanic akraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros — field, pasturage.

aker (Middle English): field; acre

Definitions

  1. field; acre

Ancestry of “aker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishæcera field; a measure of land, originally the amount...
2Proto-Germanic*akr—
3Proto-Germanicakrazfield, open land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

Words derived from “aker”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros →Every word from Proto-Germanic akraz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *akr →