eik

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

chêne

rouvre

bois de chêne

chêne pédonculé

térébinthe

Synonymes

eikenboom

eikenhout

eikeboom

zomereik

Ork

Traductions

oak

Eiche

roble

carvalho

quercia

roure

quercus

meşe

δρυς

βελανιδιά

بلوط

سنديان

casse

βαλανιδιά

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɛi̯k/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: eike

Hérité de 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.