eke

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. An addition.
2. A small stand on which a beehive is placed.
3. A spacer put between or over or under hive parts to make more space.

Verb

Chiefly in the form eke out: to add to, to augment; to increase; to lengthen.

Adv

Also; in addition to.

Konzepte

sich vergrößern

vermehren

vergrößern

verlängern

ergänzen

mehren

erweitern

strecken

Synonyms

increase

scratch out

extend

cause to grow

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/iːk/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: eke

Inherited from Altenglisch: ēaca

Cognate with Old Frisian: āka

Cognate with Altnordisch: auki

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: eken

Inherited from Altenglisch: īeċan

Cognate with Latein: augeō

Cognate with Altenglisch: ēac

Cognate with Altnordisch: auka

Cognate with Isländisch: auka

Cognate with Dänisch: øge

Cognate with Norwegisch (Bokmål): øke

Cognate with Norwegisch (Nynorsk): auka

Cognate with Schwedisch: öka

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: ek

Inherited from Altenglisch: ēac

Cognate with Gotisch: 𐌰𐌿𐌺

Cognate with Old Frisian: âk

Cognate with Althochdeutsch: ouh

Cognate with Mittelhochdeutsch: ouch

Cognate with Deutsch: auch

Cognate with Altnordisch: auk

Cognate with Dänisch: og

Cognate with Schwedisch: och

Cognate with Old Saxon: ôk

Cognate with Niederländisch: ook

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: ook

Cognate with Westfriesisch: ek

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English eke (“addition, increase, enlargement”), from Old English ēaca, from Proto-Germanic *aukô, from *aukaną (“to increase, add, enlarge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to enlarge, increase”). The English noun is cognate with Old Frisian āka (“addition, increase; bonus”), Old Norse auki (“growth, increase, proliferation”).
The verb is derived partly:
* from the noun; and
* from Middle English eken (“to increase, add, enlarge”) [and other forms], from three distinct verbs (1) Old English īeċan (“to increase, add, enlarge”) (transitive), (2) ēacan (“to be enlarged or increased”), and (3) ēacian, all from Proto-Germanic *aukaną (“to grow, increase”); see further above.
The English verb is cognate with Latin augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread; to lengthen; to exaggerate; to enrich; to honour; (figuratively) to exalt, praise”), Old English ēac (“also”), Old Norse auka (“to augment, increase; to add; to exceed, surpass”), Icelandic auka (“to augment, increase to add; to exceed, surpass”), (Danish øge (“to enhance; to increase”), Norwegian Bokmål øke (“to increase”), Norwegian Nynorsk auka (“to increase”), Swedish öka (“to increase”)).