English

ilka

From ilk + a.

A compound of ilk + a

Old English ilca ‘the same’

Middle English ilke ‘same’

English ilk

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’

Proto-West Germanic *ain ‘one’

Old English ān ‘one; a certain’

Middle English a

English a

Today it means

adj Each or every

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