Where does “āc” come from?

āc (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ak, from Proto-Germanic ak, from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge.

āc (Old English): oak; oaken ship

Definitions

  1. oak; oaken ship

Ancestry of “āc”, step by step

āc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic ak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicakbut
2Proto-Germanicakbut, however
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—

via Proto-Germanic *aik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*aik—
2Proto-Germanicaiksoak tree; oak
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyǵ-goat; oak

Words derived from “āc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge →Every word from Proto-Germanic ak →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ak →