louk
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English louken inherited from Old English lūcan (lock, pull up, pluck out, close, enclose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (close, shut, cover, lock) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lūǵ- (break).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lūǵ-
Gloss
break
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *lucta Latin
- alluctor Latin
- colluctor Latin
- lucta Latin
- luctor Latin
- luctō Latin
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lūǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lukilaz Proto-Germanic
- *lūkaną Proto-Germanic
- belucan Old English
- lūcan Old English
- onlucan Old English
- tolucan Old English
- locken Middle English
- louken Middle English
- lok Old Norse
- lykill Old Norse
- lúka Old Norse
- luge Danish
- lúga Icelandic
- luftë Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lūkan gmw-pro
- *lūcan Old Dutch
- lucke Middle Low German
- lūken Middle Low German
- lukan Old Saxon
- lluchar Asturian
- luka Old Frisian
- lucksen Low German