Where does “ackar” come from?

ackar (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic akraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵros — field, pasturage.

ackar (Old High German): farmland, field, plot of land

Definitions

  1. farmland, field, plot of land

Ancestry of “ackar”, step by step

ackar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic akraz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicakrazfield, open land
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵrosfield, pasturage

via Proto-West Germanic *akr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*akrfield, open land

Words derived from “ackar”

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