eik

Meaning

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

Concepts

oak

oak tree

terebinth

Orc

roble beech

dike

coigüe beech

dyke

Synonyms

eikenboom

eikenhout

eikeboom

zomereik

Ork

Translations

chêne

Eiche

roble

carvalho

quercia

roure

quercus

meşe

δρυς

βελανιδιά

بلوط

سنديان

casse

βαλανιδιά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛi̯k/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: eike

Inherited from 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.