lykke
Danish
/løkə/
noun
Definitions
- happiness
- good luck, fortune
- blessing
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German (ge)lucke, gelucke (happiness, good luck) derived from Proto-Germanic *galukją.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*galukją
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- luck English
- luckbox English
- lucker English
- luckless English
- luckling English
- lucksome English
- lucky English
- misluck English
- potluck English
- unluck English
- Glück German
- Glücksbringer German
- Glücksgefühl German
- Glückshaut German
- Glückskeks German
- Glückskind German
- Glücksrad German
- Glücksspiel German
- Glückstadt German
- Glückstag German
- Glückwunsch German
- Unglück German
- glücklich German
- glücklos German
- glückselig German
- *galukją Proto-Germanic
- luk Middle English
- bilulykke Danish
- forulykke Danish
- lykkelig Danish
- lykkes Danish
- mislykkes Danish
- u Danish
- ulykke Danish
- ulykkelig Danish
- ulykkesbil Danish
- lukka Icelandic
- lwc Welsh
- gelücke Middle High German
- (ge)lucke, gelucke Middle Low German
- lucke Middle Low German
- lucken Middle Low German
- ungelucke Middle Low German