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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/

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛi̯k/
• Hyphenation: eik
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

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

Further reading

• eik on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Anagrams

• kei

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aiːk/

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar, plural eikir)

1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

Synonyms

• eikitræ

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eiːk/

  Rhymes: -eiːk

Noun

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

1. oak (Quercus)

   Synonyms: eikitré, eiki

Declension

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯kæ/, [ˈe̞i̯k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯k/, [ˈe̞i̯ɡ̊]
• Rhymes: -ei̯k
• Hyphenation: eik

Conjunction

eik

1. (+ conditional) so that, in order that

Synonyms

• jot, jos

Verb

eik

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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛɪ̯ˑk]

Verb

ei̇̃k

1. second-person singular imperative of eiti

Norwegian Bokmål

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)

Synonyms

• eiketre

Derived terms

• eike
• eikekrone
• eikenøtt

References

• “eik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪːk/

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

• eiketre

Derived terms

• eike
• eikekrone
• eikenøtt

References

• “eik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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