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/
Audio (file)
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/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: eik
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯k
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: eik
- Jersey Dutch: āike
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aiːk/
Declension
Declension of eik | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eik | eikin | eikir | eikirnar |
accusative | eik | eikina | eikir | eikirnar |
dative | eik | eikini | eikum | eikunum |
genitive | eikar | eikarinnar | eika | eikanna |
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eiːk/
- Rhymes: -eiːk
Declension
f-s3 | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | eik | eikin | eikur | eikurnar |
accusative | eik | eikina | eikur | eikurnar |
dative | eik | eikinni | eikum | eikunum |
genitive | eikar / eikur | eikarinnar / eikurinnar | eika | eikanna |
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈei̯k/, [ˈe̞i̯k]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈei̯k/, [ˈe̞i̯ɡ̊]
- Rhymes: -ei̯k
- Hyphenation: eik
Conjunction
eik
- (+ 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.
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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.
Synonyms
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/
Synonyms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
Descendants
References
- “eik”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- äjk
Etymology
From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).
References
- Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “ek r.”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 36
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “EIK”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 115
- Lidström, Gun, Berglund, Erik, 1991 Pitemålet : ållt mīla àagg å ö̀öx, Piteå : ABF Piteåbygden. 4th ed. p. 61