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Dutch
Etymology
The name is of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *laku (“stream, lake, pool”) (compare German Lache), referring to the Molenbeek stream.[1][2]
Proper noun
Laken ?
- a Belgian municipality, near Brussels, site of the largest royal palace estate
References
- ^ Martine Wille et Jean-marie Duvosquel (dir.), Autour du parvis Notre-Dame à Laeken, Crédit Communal, 1994, p. 5
- ^ Jean-Jacques Jespers, Dictionnaire des noms de lieux en Wallonie et à Bruxelles, 2005, p. 387.
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (“sheet, cloth”).
The High German cognate Middle High German lachen, from Old High German lahhan, had already been declining in use when the form Laken was introduced during the pre-eminence of the Dutch and Northern German cloth industry (14th/15th centuries). Cognate with Dutch laken.
Noun
Laken n (strong, genitive Lakens, plural Laken)
- sheet; bed sheet (linen used to cover mattresses or furniture, or sometimes instead of a blanket)
- (rare) other kinds of linens or large cloths
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Etymology 2
Noun
Laken
- plural of Lake
Further reading
- “Laken” in Duden online
- “Laken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache