leken

Middle Dutch

verb

Definitions

to leak, to be leaky
to leak away, to flow away (of a liquid)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *lekan inherited from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (leak, drain).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*lekaną

Gloss

leak, drain

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

leak English
lek Dutch, Flemish
*leg- Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*lakjaną Proto-Germanic
*lekaną Proto-Germanic
läcka Swedish
leke Norwegian Nynorsk
leken Middle English
leka Old Norse
leka Icelandic
lēken Middle Dutch
*lekan Old Dutch
leka Westrobothnian

lēken