Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luką

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɑ̃/

Noun

*luką n

1. lock
2. shutter
3. opening, aperture, hole

Inflection

Synonyms

• *lukǭ

Derived terms

• *lukōną

Related terms

• *lūkaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lok
  • Old English: loc
    • Middle English: lok, loc, lock, loke
      • English: lock
      • Scots: lock
      • Yola: lauckès (plural)
    • → Anglo-Norman: loc
      • ⇒ Anglo-Norman: loquet
        • Middle French: loquet
          • French: loquet
            • → English: locket
            • → Italian: lucchetto
            • → Lombard: lochet
            • → Portuguese: aloquete, loquete
        • → Middle English: locket
          • English: locket
  • Old Frisian: lok
  • Old Saxon: *lok
    • Middle Low German: lok
      • German Low German: Lock
  • Old Dutch: *lok
    • Middle Dutch: loc
      • Dutch: lok
  • Old High German: loh
    • Middle High German: loch
      • Bavarian:

        Cimbrian: loch, lòch

      • Central Franconian:

        Hunsrik: Loch

        Luxembourgish: Lach

      • East Central German:

        Upper Saxon German:

        Vilamovian: łöch

      • East Franconian:
      • German: Loch
        • → Czech: loch
        • → Dutch: loch
        • → Polish: loch
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Frankfurterisch: Loch

        Pennsylvania German: Loch

      • Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)
• Old Norse: lok
  • Icelandic: lok
  • Faroese: lok
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lok
  • Old Swedish: lok, luk
    • Swedish: lock
  • Danish: låg
• Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌺 (*luk) (in 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌺 (usluk))