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See also: EIK, Eik, and -eik

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eik, from Middle Dutch eike, from Old Dutch *eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əi̯k/
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Noun

eik (plural eike)

  1. oak tree, any tree of the genus Quercus.

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

eik m (plural eiken, diminutive eikje n)

  1. oak tree (tree of the genus Quercus)
    Synonym: eikenboom
  2. oak wood
    Synonym: eikenhout

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: eik
  • Jersey Dutch: āike

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar, plural eikir)

  1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

More information f2, singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • eikilund
  • eikilunnur
  • eikinøt
  • eikirót
  • eikitræ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar or eikur, nominative plural eikur)

  1. oak (Quercus)
    Synonyms: eikitré, eiki

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Ingrian

Pronunciation

Conjunction

eik

  1. (+ conditional) so that, in order that
    • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:
      Siit kunigas lähetti vanhemman poikaha vahtii, eik tapajais varasta.
      Then the king sent his oldest son to the guard, so that he could catch the thief.
      (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

Synonyms

Verb

eik

  1. Combined form of ei + -k; doesn't?
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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Verb

ei̇̃k

  1. second-person singular imperative of eiti

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk eik f, from Old Norse eik (“oak, tree in general”), from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak tree, oak (wood)”). Largely replaced the older ek, from Danish eg.

Noun

eik f or m (definite singular eika or eiken, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

  1. an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
  2. oak (wood from oak trees)

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Derived terms

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic eik, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek, Danish eg, German Eiche, and English oak.

Pronunciation

Noun

eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

  1. an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus)
  2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Noun

eik f (genitive eikar or eikr, plural eikr)

  1. oak
  2. tree in general
    1. (poetic) woman
    2. (poetic) ship

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eik f
  • Faroese: eik f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eik f
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: eik m or f
  • Old Swedish: ēk
    • Swedish: ek c
  • Danish: eg c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ek m
  • Gutnish: aik

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eik”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Scots

Verb

eik

  1. to add

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