Faroese

Proper noun

Eik

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Eik: Eikarson
• daughter of Eik: Eikardóttir

Declension

Dutch

Noun

eik m ‎(plural eiken, diminutive eikje n)

1. any oak tree (Quercus)
2. oak wood

Synonyms

• (tree): eikenboom
• (wood): eikenhout, eiken

Derived terms

• eiken adjective
• eikel m
• eikenbladsla
• eikenboom m
• eikenbos n
• eikendreef, eikenlaan
• eikenhakhout n
• eikenhout n, eikenhouten
• eikenloof n
• eikenstam n
• eikenwoud n
• eikenschors
• eikevaren, eikvaren
• (botany: oak species) Amerikaanse eik, wintereik, zomereik

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

• eikilunnur
• eikirót
• eikitræ
• eikilund

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)

Declension

Synonyms

• eikitré, eiki

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛɪ̯ˑk]

Verb

eĩk

1. second-person singular imperative of eiti.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

eik f, 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

• eikenøtt

References

• “eik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

eik f ‎(definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

1. an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

• eiketre

Derived terms

• 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

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