Where does “æcern” come from?

æcern (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *akran, from Proto-Germanic akraną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ógeh₂ — small fruit ~ berry; berry, fruit.

æcern (Old English): acorn; tree mast

Definitions

  1. acorn; tree mast

Ancestry of “æcern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*akran—
2Proto-Germanicakranąacorn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ógeh₂small fruit ~ berry; berry, fruit

Words derived from “æcern”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ógeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic akraną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *akran →