Where does “ak” come from?

ak (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic ak, from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge.

ak (Old Saxon): but

Definitions

  1. but

Ancestry of “ak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicakbut, however
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁o-ge—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁o-ge →Every word from Proto-Germanic ak →
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