eke
‘to increase, lengthen’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. eche, eken, ayke, ȝeke(n), eek(e) < O.E. ecan, eacan, eacian ‘to increase’ < eaca ‘an increase’ < Proto-G. aukan < eek < aug- < Tamil ākutal
eke
English words derived from Tamil ākutal connoting 'growing, increasing'