-lock

English

suffix
Definitions
  • (no longer productive) action or proceeding, practice, ritual

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English -lok inherited from Old English -lāc (gift) derived from Proto-Germanic *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
🤝

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