Where does “æcer” come from?

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

æcer (Old English): a field; a measure of land, originally the amount...

Definitions

  1. a field; a measure of land, originally the amount...

Ancestry of “æcer”, step by step

æcer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *akr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*akr—
2Proto-Germanicakrazfield, open land
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

via Proto-West Germanic *akr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*akrfield, open land

Words derived from “æcer”

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