lough

English

/lɒx/

noun

Definitions

(Ireland) A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish loch derived from Old Irish loch (lake, pond) derived from Proto-Celtic *lokus (pool, 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

lacūna Latin
λάκκος Ancient Greek
*lókus Proto-Indo-European
*laguz Proto-Germanic
*lakō Proto-Germanic
loch Irish
lochán Irish
*loky Proto-Slavic
Glenn Dá Locha Old Irish
loch Old Irish
loch Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
logh Manx
liqen Albanian
*lokus Proto-Celtic
*lakus Proto-Italic