loch
English
/lɒx/, /lɑx/
noun
Definitions
- (Ireland) A lake.
- (Ireland) A bay or arm of the sea.
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic loch (lake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (pool, lake, pond).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lókus
Gloss
pool, lake, pond
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
湖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lochside English
- lacūna Latin
- λάκκος Ancient Greek
- *lókus Proto-Indo-European
- *laguz Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *loky Proto-Slavic
- loch Old Irish
- Lochlann Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- loch Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lochan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- liqen Albanian
- *lokus Proto-Celtic
- *lakus Proto-Italic
- loch Scots