Middle English word eek comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-, English eke, Swedish och, Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-, Proto-Indo-European *h₁o-ǵe, Proto-Indo-European *ǵe, and later Proto-Germanic *auk (And. But also Also, too. Furthermore, in addition.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *h₂weg- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| eke | English (en) | (obsolete) An addition. (obsolete) also (obsolete, _, except in eke out) To increase; to add to, augment, lengthen. (beekeeping, archaic) A very small addition to the bottom of a beehive, often merely of a few bands of straw, on which the hive is raised temporarily. (obsolete) Also. |
| och | Swedish (sv) | (mathematics) and, plus. (poetic) Introduces a main clause which somehow is bound to a previous clause. And; used to connect two homogeneous (similar) words or phrases. And; used to denote the last item of a list. Used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the first is done in order to be able to do the second. Used to connect two finite verbs to denote that the two actions are [...] |
| *h₁e- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *h₁o-ǵe | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *ǵe | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *h₂owg-éye- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *auk | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | And. But also Also, too. Furthermore, in addition. |
| ouh | Old High German (goh) | Also, too, as well. |
| ōk | Old Dutch (odt) | |
| og | Danish (dan) | And. |
| *ak | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | But, however. |
| ooc | Middle Dutch (dum) | Also, too. Furthermore. |
| oh | Old High German (goh) | |
| och | Middle High German (gmh) | |
| āk | Old Frisian (ofs) | |
| ook | Dutch (nl) | (in negative sentences) either. -ever. Also, too, moreover. Particle for emphasis. |
| ouch | Middle High German (gmh) | |
| auch | German (de) | (rare, dated) and so. Also, too. Even (in the sense of "including the extreme case of"; cf. Early Modern English cognate eke). Really. |
| ek | Western Frisian (fry) | Also, too. |
| eek | Middle English (enm) | Also, in addition, besides. |