-lac
Old English
suffix
Definitions
- (compare Modern )
- practice, action or process of
- act of
- gift
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *laiką (fight, sport, play, activity, hymn, jump, dance, spring, game), *laiką (fight, sport, play, activity, hymn, jump, dance, spring, game) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyg-
Gloss
shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Elkhart Lake English
- Lake Champlain English
- Laker English
- Lakist English
- interlake English
- intralake English
- laik English
- lake English
- lakebed English
- lakefill English
- lakefront English
- lakeful English
- lakehead English
- lakehouse English
- lakeland English
- lakeless English
- lakelet English
- lakelike English
- lakelore English
- lakeness English
- lakeport English
- laker English
- lakescape English
- lakeshore English
- lakeside English
- lakeview English
- lakeward English
- lakewater English
- lakeweed English
- lakewide English
- lakish English
- laky English
- megalake English
- nonlake English
- palaeolake English
- paleolake English
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- ἐλελίζω Ancient Greek
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *laikaną Proto-Germanic
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- *līkāną Proto-Germanic
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- レーク Japanese
- -lāc Old English
- aglæca Old English
- heaþolac Old English
- lac Old English
- lāc Old English
- lake Middle English
- like Middle English
- līh Old High German
- *laygos Proto-Celtic
- *lāɸigos Proto-Celtic
- Leich Pennsylvania German
- Leich Plautdietsch