The story
- Proto-Norse · derived from*ᚨᚲᛃᛟ
- Proto-Uralic · derived from*aškɜ
- Finnish · derived fromahkio
- Finnish · borrowed fromakkia
- Swedish · borrowed fromackja
- German · borrowed fromAkja
- English todayakja
Borrowed from German Akja, Swedish ackja, Finnish akkia, from older Finnish ahkio or older Sami akio, akje, ultimately from a Proto-Uralic *aškɜ, or Proto-Norse *ᚨᚲᛃᛟ (*akjō), corresponding to Swedish äcka, Icelandic ekja (“driving, fording”), to the root ak (Swedish åk), “drive, ford, ride”. Cognates include: Finnish ahkio, akkio, akkia; Karelian ahkivo, Sami akio, akje; Swedish ackja, German Akia, Akja, Ackja.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.