# 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: /əi̯k/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

eik (plural eike)
* oak tree, any tree of the genus Quercus.

## 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: /ɛi̯k/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: eik
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

### Noun

eik m (plural eiken, diminutive eikje n)
* oak tree (tree of the genus Quercus)
    Synonym: eikenboom
* oak wood
    Synonym: eikenhout

#### Derived terms

* Amerikaanse eik
* eikel
* eiken
* eikenblad
* eikenboom
* eikenbos
* eikendreef
* eikenhakhout
* eikenhout
* eikenlaan
* eikenloof
* eikenschors
* eikenstam
* eikenwoud
* eikvaren
* struikeik
* wintereik
* zomereik

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: eik
* Jersey Dutch: āike

### Further reading

* eik on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

### Anagrams

* kei

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aiːk/

### Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar, plural eikir)
* oak (Quercus)

#### 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: /eiːk/
    Rhymes: -eiːk

### Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar or eikur, nominative plural eikur)
* oak (Quercus)
    Synonyms: eikitré, eiki

#### Declension
## Ingrian
### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈei̯kæ/, [ˈe̞i̯k]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /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.(Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

#### Synonyms

* jot, jos

### Verb

eik
* Combined form of ei + -k; doesn't?

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɛɪ̯ˑk]

### Verb

eĩk
* second-person singular imperative of eiti

## 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.

### Noun

eik f or m (definite singular eika or eiken, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)
* an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
* oak (wood from oak trees)

#### Synonyms

* eiketre

#### Derived terms

* eike
* eikekrone
* eikenøtt

### References

* “eik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## 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: /ɛɪːk/

### Noun

eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)
* an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus)
* oak (wood from oak trees)

#### Synonyms

* eiketre

#### Derived terms

* eike
* eikekrone
* 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)
* oak
* tree in general
** (poetic) woman
** (poetic) ship

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: eik f
* Faroese: eik f
* Norwegian Nynorsk: eik f
** → Norwegian Bokmål: eik m or f
* Old Swedish: ēk
** Swedish: ek c
* Danish: eg c
** Norwegian Bokmål: ek m
* Gutnish: aik

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eik”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Scots
### Verb

eik
* to add