- This word was
derived from the Old
English phrase eac "also",
related to
eacian "to increase". By the 15th century, the
misdivision of the
syllables of...
- offspring; milk" šunnai "fills" *h₂ewg-, h₂weg- "to grow, increase" eke (< OE
ēacian "to increase"); wax (of the moon) (< OE
weaxan "to grow") aukan, auknan...