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”). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation related to *lūkaną (“to close, lock”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.kɑ̃/

Noun

*luką n

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

Inflection

Declension of *luką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *luką *lukō
vocative *luką *lukō
accusative *luką *lukō
genitive *lukas, *lukis *lukǫ̂
dative *lukai *lukamaz
instrumental *lukō *lukamiz

Synonyms

  • *lukǭ

Derived terms

  • *lukōną

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lok
    • Old English: loc
      • Middle English: lok, loc, lock, loke
        • English: lock
        • Scots: lock
        • Yola: lauckès (plural)
      • → Anglo-Norman: loc
    • Old Frisian: lok
    • Old Saxon: *lok
      • Middle Low German: lok
        • German Low German: Lock
    • Old Dutch: *lok
    • Old High German: loh
      • Middle High German: loch
  • Old Norse: lok
  • Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌺 (*luk) (in 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌺 (usluk))

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*lukan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
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