Where does “aicorn” come from?

aicorn (Scots) comes from English acorn, from Old English æcern, from Proto-West Germanic *akran, from Proto-Germanic akraną, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ógeh₂ — small fruit ~ berry; berry, fruit.

aicorn (Scots): acorn

Definitions

  1. acorn

Ancestry of “aicorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishacornThe fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing...
2Old Englishæcernacorn; tree mast
3Proto-West Germanic*akran—
4Proto-Germanicakranąacorn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ógeh₂small fruit ~ berry; berry, fruit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ógeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic akraną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *akran →
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