oker
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
oker (plural okers)
Verb edit
oker (third-person singular simple present okers, present participle okering, simple past and past participle okered)
- (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To increase (in price); add to.
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
oker (countable and uncountable, plural okers)
- (mineralogy) Obsolete form of ochre.[1]
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
oker (plural okers)
- Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”)
- 1837, George Cochrane, Wanderings in Greece, volumes 1-2, page 296:
- Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]
References edit
- ^ * “oker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oker m (plural okers)
- ochre (mineral)
Noun edit
oker n (uncountable)
- ochre (colour)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ochre”).
Noun edit
oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okere or okre or okrer, definite plural okerne or okrene)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós).
Noun edit
oker m (definite singular okeren, indefinite plural okrar, definite plural okrane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “oker” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
òker m (Cyrillic spelling о̀кер)