oker
English
noun
Definitions
- (now) Interest on money; usury; increase.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oker derived from Old Norse ókr (usury) derived from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (earnings, profit, progeny, increase, usury, interest, gain) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (increase, enlarge, add, grow).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂weg-
Gloss
increase, enlarge, add, grow
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
殖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vuokra Finnish
- augere Latin
- Wucher German
- Wucherblume German
- Wucherpreis German
- woeker Dutch, Flemish
- ogive French
- *h₂weg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wég-s-os, *h₂wég-s-es- Proto-Indo-European
- *wahsijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wahstuz Proto-Germanic
- *wōkraz Proto-Germanic
- ocker Middle English
- oker Middle English
- féarúil Irish
- okr Old Norse
- ókr Old Norse
- woeker Middle Dutch
- wuohhar Old High German
- feur-itheach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- wuocher Middle High German
- 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *wuokar Old Dutch
- *wegrom Proto-Celtic
- wōker Middle Low German
- *Hwakš- Proto-Indo-Iranian