eykr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === eikr === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *jaukijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *yewg-. === Noun === eykr m (genitive eykjar, plural eykir) draft animal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== eykjafóðr n (“draft animal-fodder”) eykjagerfi n (“draft animal-harness”) eykjareiði m, eykreiði m (“draft animal-harness”) eykríðr m (“draft animal-rider”) ==== Related terms ==== ok n (“yoke”) eyki n (“vehicle, cart”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: eykur m Norwegian Nynorsk: øyk m → Norwegian Bokmål: øyk m Old Swedish: ø̄ker m, ø̄k n Swedish: ök n Old Danish: øk m or n, øgh m or n Scanian: ǿg m Danish: øg n Norwegian Bokmål: øk n Old Gutnish: oykr m Gutnish: oyk m === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eykr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 120; also available at the Internet Archive