lake
English
/leɪk/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
- A large, landlocked stretch of water.
- A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
- (obsolete) A pit, or ditch
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lake (watercourse, lake, body of water) inherited from Old English lacu (pond, stream, lake, pool, watercourse) inherited from *laku (pool, stream, steam, lake) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lakō (pool, stream, lake, water aggregation, drain, pond, ditch, puddle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (drain, leak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leg-
Gloss
drain, leak
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Champlain English
- Elkhart Lake English
- Lake Champlain English
- Laker English
- Lakist English
- bed English
- elk English
- fill English
- front English
- hart English
- head English
- heart English
- house English
- interlake English
- intralake English
- lakebed English
- lakefill English
- lakefront English
- lakeful English
- lakehead English
- lakehouse English
- lakeland English
- lakeless English
- lakelet English
- lakelike English
- lakelore English
- lakeness English
- lakeport English
- laker English
- lakering English
- lakescape English
- lakeshore English
- lakeside English
- lakeview English
- lakeward English
- lakewater English
- lakeweed English
- lakewide English
- lakish English
- laky English
- land English
- lore English
- megalake English
- nonlake English
- palaeolake English
- paleolake English
- port English
- shore English
- view English
- water English
- weed English
- Laken Dutch, Flemish
- Champlain French
- *leg- Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lókus Proto-Indo-European
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- *lakjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lōkiz Proto-Germanic
- レーク Japanese
- レークサイド Japanese
- -lac Old English
- fisclacu Old English
- lacu Old English
- *lakere Middle English
- lake Middle English
- laky Middle English
- lekaðr Old Norse
- lekr Old Norse
- lacha Old High German
- lahhā Old High German
- *laku gmw-pro
- *laka Old Dutch
- *legāti Proto-Celtic
- *laca Old Saxon
- laca Old Saxon
- bed
- elk
- port
- head
- weed
- view
- laky
- fill
- land
- hart
- lore
- Laker
- heart
- shore
- front
- water
- laker
- house
- Lakist
- lakish
- lakelet
- nonlake
- lakebed
- lakeful
- lakeside
- lakering
- lakeless
- lakeport
- lakehead
- lakeward
- lakefill
- lakeness
- megalake
- lakelore
- lakeweed
- lakeview
- lakelike
- lakewide
- lakeland
- lakeshore
- Champlain
- lakehouse
- lakefront
- lakewater
- intralake
- lakescape
- paleolake
- interlake
- palaeolake
- Elkhart Lake
- Lake Champlain