eken etymology

Middle English word eken comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, Old English īecan, and later Proto-Germanic *aukaną (To increase, to grow.)

Detailed word origin of eken

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
īecan Old English (ang)
*h₂owg-éye- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*aukaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To increase, to grow.
ēacan Old English (ang)
eking, eching Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as eken

Descendants of *h₂weg-
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