Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “acker” come from?

acker (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ackar, from Proto-West Germanic *akr.

acker (Middle High German): field, acre

Definitions

  1. field, acre

Ancestry of “acker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanackarfarmland, field, plot of land
2Proto-West Germanic*akr—

Words derived from “acker”

  • ackerbaulich
  • Ackerbaukunde
  • Ackerbau
  • Ackerland
  • Acker
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *akr →