Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lūkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *leukaną

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”).

Verb

*lūkaną

1. to close, to shut

Inflection

Related terms

• *luką

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lūkan, *leukan
  • Old English: lūcan
    • Middle English: luken, louken
      • English: lock (merged with descendant of Middle English loken, lokken)
      • Scots: louk, lowk
  • Old Frisian: lūka
    • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: touluuke, touluke
    • West Frisian: lûke
  • Old Saxon: lūkan
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: belûken
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: entlûken
  • Old Dutch: *lūcan
    • Middle Dutch: luken
      • Dutch: luiken
  • Old High German: *lūhhan, *liohhan
    • Middle High German: lūchen, liechen
      • German: lauchen, liechen
    • ⇒ Old High German: innebilūhhan
    • ⇒ Old High German: untarlūhhan
    • ⇒ Old High German: ūzbilūhhan
• Old Norse: lúka, ljúka
  • Icelandic: lúka, ljúka
  • Faroese: lúka
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lukke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lukka
  • Old Swedish: lūka
    • Swedish: lucka
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (*lukan) (in 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (galukan) and 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 (uslukan))

Etymology 2

Verb

*lūkaną

1. Alternative form of *leukaną

References