æcer
Old English
noun
Definitions
- a field
- a measure of land, originally the amount a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; an acre
Etymology
Inherited from *ak(k)r inherited from Proto-Germanic *akraz (field) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (field, pasturage).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂éǵros
Gloss
field, pasturage
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
野, 畑, 原
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acre English
- agellus Latin
- ager Latin
- agrarius Latin
- agrellus Latin
- agricola Latin
- agricultor Latin
- agricultura Latin
- agrimensor Latin
- agripeta Latin
- peragro Latin
- peregre Latin
- acre French
- ἀγροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- ἀγρός Ancient Greek
- ἄγραυλος Ancient Greek
- ἄγριος Ancient Greek
- ἄγροικος Ancient Greek
- ἄγρυπνος Ancient Greek
- *h₂éǵros Proto-Indo-European
- åker Norwegian Bokmål
- *akramann- Proto-Germanic
- *akrawerką Proto-Germanic
- *akraz Proto-Germanic
- åker Norwegian Nynorsk
- mann Old English
- weorc Old English
- æcerceorl Old English
- æcermann Old English
- æcerweorc Old English
- ċeorl Old English
- अज्र Sanskrit
- acre Middle English
- aker Middle English
- akr Old Norse
- akrhœna Old Norse
- ager Danish
- Akranes Icelandic
- Akureyri Icelandic
- akur Icelandic
- akurarfi Icelandic
- akurgæs Icelandic
- akurstjarna Icelandic
- akuryrkja Icelandic
- acer Welsh
- ackar Old High German
- արտ Old Armenian
- akur Faroese
- 𐌰𐌺𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *ak(k)r gmw-pro
- akker Old Dutch
- *Háȷ́ras Proto-Indo-Iranian
- akkar Old Saxon
- aker Old Swedish
- *agros Proto-Italic
- acre Scots
- *Háȷ́ras Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ekker Old Frisian
- *agrós Proto-Hellenic
- ager Scanian