oker
oker · okers
Interest on money; usury; increaseInterest on money; usury; increase.
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal)Interest on money; usury; increase.
Origin
From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from ProtFrom Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“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.
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