Lauch
German (Berlin)
[laʊ̯χ]
noun
Definitions
- leek
- (slang) wimp weak, pathetic person
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German loch inherited from Old High German louh inherited from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (leek).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laukaz
Gloss
leek
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leighton English
- houseleek English
- leek English
- leekish English
- leeklike English
- leeky English
- Bär German
- Bärlauch German
- Lauchmotte German
- Loch German
- Motte German
- bieslook Dutch, Flemish
- daslook Dutch, Flemish
- eslook Dutch, Flemish
- knoflook Dutch, Flemish
- look Dutch, Flemish
- лук Russian
- луковый Russian
- лучник Russian
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *laukaz Proto-Germanic
- lök Swedish
- lökig Swedish
- rödlök Swedish
- syltlök Swedish
- vitlök Swedish
- leac Old English
- lēac Old English
- leke Middle English
- laukr Old Norse
- løg Danish
- *lukъ Proto-Slavic
- laukur Icelandic
- sauðlaukur Icelandic
- álftalaukur Icelandic
- look Middle Dutch
- loh Old High German
- louh Old High German
- ķiploks Latvian
- loch Middle High German
- לאָך Yiddish
- lauk Estonian
- *lōk Old Dutch
- knüflok, klüflōk Middle Low German
- loch Cimbrian
- lòch Cimbrian
- Làuich Alemannic German
- løker, lø̄ker Old Swedish
- Looch Central Franconian
- Öllisch Central Franconian
- Önn Central Franconian
- luukk Skolt Sami
- ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ Proto-Norse