oaken
English
/əʊk.ən/
adj
Definitions
- Made from the wood of the oak tree. Also in metaphorical uses, suggesting robustness.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oken inherited from Old English ācen inherited from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz affix from English oak.
Origin
English
oak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Oakville English
- durmast oak English
- oak English
- oakbark English
- oaked English
- oakleaf English
- oaklike English
- oakling English
- oakmoss English
- oakness English
- oakwood English
- oaky English
- she-oak English
- tanoak English
- Eichstrich German
- eichen German
- eik Dutch, Flemish
- eiken Dutch, Flemish
- *aikīnaz Proto-Germanic
- オーク Japanese
- æcen Old English
- ācen Old English
- ǣcen Old English
- oken Middle English
- ook Middle English
- โอ๊ก Thai
- eikijn Middle Dutch
- eihhīn Old High German
- eichen Middle High German
- eechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uuk Marshallese
- oaka Malagasy