oker

(Engels)

Noun

Interest on money; usury; increase.

Verb

To increase (in price); add to.

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: oker

Verwante met Skots: ocker

Verwante met Yslands: ókur

Verwante met Sweeds: ocker

Verwante met Duits: Wucher

Verwante met Nederlands: woeker

Verwante met Old English: wōcor

Verwante met Goties: 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃

Verwante met Latyn: augere

In summary

From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.