Where does “ēk” come from?

ēk (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic aik, from Proto-West Germanic *-ilā, from Proto-Germanic aiks, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.

ēk (Old Frisian): oak

Definitions

  1. oak

Ancestry of “ēk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicaikoak
2Proto-West Germanic*-ilāForms feminine agent nouns, especially of plants and animals
3Proto-Germanicaiksoak tree; oak
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyǵ-goat; oak

Words derived from “ēk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic aiks →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *-ilā →
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