eik

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (masculine) oak tree (tree of the genus Quercus)
2. (masculine) oak wood

Sinonieme

eikenboom

eikenhout

eikeboom

zomereik

Ork

Vertalings

oak

Eiche

chêne

roble

carvalho

quercia

roure

quercus

meşe

δρυς

βελανιδιά

بلوط

سنديان

casse

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɛi̯k/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: eike

Geërf van Old Dutch: *ēk

In summary

From Middle Dutch eike, êke, from Old Dutch *eik, *ēk, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). The form in ei- is regular in south-eastern dialects, but may also have developed elsewhere after the adjective *eikīn (“oaken”, modern eiken), where umlaut would have hindered the monophthongisation.