*luką

Runic: ᛚᚢᚲᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlu.kɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

lock
shutter
opening, aperture, hole

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (‘to bend; turn’). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation related to *lūkaną (‘to close, lock’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	luką	lukō
Acc.	luką	lukō
Gen.	lukas, lukis	lukǫ̂
Dat.	lukai	lukamaz
Inst.	lukō	lukamiz
Voc.	luką	lukō

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Descendants

*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- lok (Old Frisian)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lok (Old Dutch)
  - loc (Middle Dutch)
    - lok (Dutch)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- loc (Old English)
  - loc (Anglo-Norman)
    - loquet (Anglo-Norman)
      - locket (Middle English)
        
        locket (English)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- loc (Old English)
  - loc (Anglo-Norman)
    - loquet (Anglo-Norman)
      - loquet (Middle French)
        
        loquet (French)
        
        locket (English)
        
        lucchetto (Italian)
        
        lochet (Lombard)
        
        aloquete, loquete (Portuguese)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- loc (Old English)
  - lok, loc, lock, loke (Middle English)
    - lock (English)
    - lock (Scots)
    - lauckès (Yola)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- loh (Old High German)
  - loch (Middle High German)
    - ? (Bavarian)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - ? (East Franconian)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
    - לאָך (lokh) (Yiddish)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- loh (Old High German)
  - loch (Middle High German)
    - Loch (German)
      - loch (Czech)
      - loch (Dutch)
      - loch (Polish)
*lok (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lok (Old Saxon)
  - lok (Middle Low German)
    - Lock (German Low German)
lok (Old Norse)
- låg (Danish)
- lok (Faroese)
- lok (Icelandic)
- lokk (Norwegian Bokmål)
- lok, lokk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
lok (Old Norse)
- lok, luk (Old Swedish)
  - lock (Swedish)
*𐌻𐌿𐌺 (*luk) (Gothic)
𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌺 (usluk) (Gothic)

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