From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.
Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).
laukur m (genitive singular lauks, nominative plural laukar)
Declension of laukur | ||||
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m-s1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | laukur | laukurinn | laukar | laukarnir |
accusative | lauk | laukinn | lauka | laukana |
dative | lauki / lauk | lauknum | laukum | laukunum |
genitive | lauks | lauksins | lauka | laukanna |