An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Ekelname

by Friedrich Kluge

Ekelname, ‘nickname,’ simply ModHG., in MidHG. â-name, prop. ‘false name’; from LG. œkelname; comp. Swed. öknamn, ‘nickname,’ OIc. aukanafn, ‘epithet, surname’; from the Teut. root auk, ‘to increase.’ See auch.