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eik.

oak tree (tree of the genus Quercus)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɛi̯k/
  1. oak tree (tree of the genus Quercus)

    masculine
  2. oak wood

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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