eik

Betekenis (English)

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

Frekwensie

C2
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɛi̯k/
Etymology (English)

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.

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