FromDutcheik, fromMiddle Dutcheike, fromOld Dutch*eik, fromProto-Germanic*aiks, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eyǵ-(“oak”).
eik (pluraleike)
FromMiddle Dutcheike,êke, fromOld Dutch*eik, *ēk, fromProto-West Germanic*aik, fromProto-Germanic*aiks, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eyǵ-(“oak”). The form inei- is regular in south-eastern dialects, but may also have developed elsewhere after the adjective*eikīn (“oaken”, moderneiken), where umlaut would have hindered the monophthongisation.
eik m (pluraleiken,diminutiveeikje n)
FromOld Norseeik, fromProto-Germanic*aiks, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eyǵ-(“oak”).
eik f (genitive singulareikar, pluraleikir)
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 |
FromOld Norseeik, fromProto-Germanic*aiks, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eyǵ-(“oak”).
eik f (genitive singulareikaroreikur,nominative pluraleikur)
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 |
eik
eik
ei̇̃k
FromNorwegian Nynorskeik f, fromOld Norseeik(“oak, tree in general”), fromProto-Germanic*aiks(“oak tree, oak (wood)”). Largely replaced the olderek, fromDanisheg.
eik f orm (definite singulareikaoreiken,indefinite pluraleiker,definite pluraleikene)
FromOld Norseeik, fromProto-Germanic*aiks, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eyǵ-(“oak”). Cognate withFaroese andIcelandiceik,Norwegian Bokmål andSwedishek,Danisheg,GermanEiche, andEnglishoak.
eik f (definite singulareika,indefinite pluraleiker,definite pluraleikene)
FromProto-Germanic*aiks, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eyǵ-(“oak”).
eik f (genitiveeikaroreikr,pluraleikr)
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