Where does “ek” come from?

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

ek (Old Saxon): oak

Definitions

  1. oak

Ancestry of “ek”, step by step

ek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic aik

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

via Proto-Germanic *aik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*aik—

Words derived from “ek”

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