acorn
English
/ˈeɪ.kɔɹn/, /ˈeɪ.kɔːn/
noun
Definitions
- The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
- (nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
- (zoology) See acorn-shell.
- (slang) A testicle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English acorne inherited from Old English ǣcern (oak-mast, acorn) inherited from Proto-Germanic *akraną (acorn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂ (berry, fruit).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ógeh₂
Gloss
berry, fruit
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
果, 実
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acorn cup English
- acorn nut English
- acorned English
- acornlike English
- cup English
- nut English
- Buche German
- Buchecker German
- Ecker German
- aker Dutch, Flemish
- я́года Russian
- ягодица Russian
- ягодка Russian
- *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ógeh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *akraną Proto-Germanic
- æcern Old English
- ǣcern Old English
- acorne Middle English
- airne Irish
- airneog Irish
- akarn Old Norse
- agern Danish
- eirin Welsh
- eirin Mair Welsh
- eirin gwlanog Welsh
- eirin ysgaw Welsh
- eirina Welsh
- eirinen Welsh
- aker Middle Dutch
- ekarn Old High German
- áirne Old Irish
- ackeran Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *agrinyos Proto-Celtic
- *agrinyā Proto-Celtic
- akeran Old Saxon
- aicorn Scots
- *ṓˀgāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ṓˀgāˀ, *óʔgaʔ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- oko Tocharian B