Where does “anker” come from?
anker (Middle High German) comes from Old High German anker, from Proto-West Germanic *ankurō, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα, from Proto-Indo-European ang- — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.
Ancestry of “anker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | anker | anchor |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *ankurō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 4 | Latin | ancōra | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |