*lukkaz

Runic: ᛚᚢᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈluk.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

lock (of hair)
curl

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lugnós, from *lewg- (‘to bend’) + *-nós. Synchronically analyzed as an a-stem nominal formation from *lūkaną (‘to close, shut’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lukkaz	lukkōz, lukkōs
Acc.	lukką	lukkanz
Gen.	lukkas, lukkis	lukkǫ̂
Dat.	lukkai	lukkamaz
Inst.	lukkō	lukkamiz
Voc.	lukk	lukkōz, lukkōs

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Descendants

*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lokk (Frankish)
  - lock (Old Dutch)
    - loc, locke (Middle Dutch)
      - lok (Dutch)
*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lokk (Frankish)
  - lok, loc (Old French)
    - loque (Middle French)
      - loque (French)
*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- locc, loc (Old English)
  - lok, lokke (Middle English)
    - lock (English)
    - lok (Scots)
*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- lokk, lok (Old Frisian)
  - lok, lokke (West Frisian)
*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- lok, loc (Old High German)
  - loc (Middle High German)
    - Locke (German)
*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- lok, loc (Old High German)
  - loc (Middle High German)
    - ? (Alemannic German)
      - lokha (Italian Walser)
*lokk (Proto-West Germanic)
- lokk, lok (Old Saxon)
  - locke (Middle Low German)
    - Locke, Lock (German Low German)
lokkr (Old Norse)
- lok (Danish)
- lokkur (Faroese)
- lokkur (Icelandic)
- lokk (Norwegian)
- lock (Swedish)

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