Where does “iyak” come from?

iyak (Tagalog) comes from Old Swedish iak, from Old Norse ek, from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

iyak (Tagalog): cry; sob

Definitions

  1. cry; sob

Ancestry of “iyak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old SwedishiakI
2Old NorseekI
3Proto-NorseᛖᚲI
4Proto-Germanic*ek—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “iyak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ek →Every word from Proto-Norse ᛖᚲ →