Amok laufen

German (Berlin)

verb-strong

Definitions

to run amok.

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay amuk (go on a killing spree, attacking, killing frenziedly) inherited from Old High German loufan.

Origin

Old High German

loufan

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

amok English
Amok German
ámokfutó Hungarian
amok Dutch, Flemish
amok French
amouco Portuguese
loufan Old High German
amuk Malay
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lopen Middle Low German
lôpen Middle Low German
hlōpan Old Saxon
loofe Central Franconian

Amok