loch
Gaelic (Scots)
[ɫ̪ɔx]
noun
Definitions
- lake
- arm of the sea
- fjord
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish loch (lake, pond) inherited 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
- loch English
- lochan English
- lochside English
- lacūna Latin
- λάκκος Ancient Greek
- *lókus Proto-Indo-European
- låg Norwegian Bokmål
- *laguz Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- briskelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- einelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- einerlog Norwegian Nynorsk
- log Norwegian Nynorsk
- tjørelog Norwegian Nynorsk
- loch Irish
- lǫgr Old Norse
- *loky Proto-Slavic
- Glenn Dá Locha Old Irish
- loch Old Irish
- Lochlann Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Lochlannach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Lochlannais Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lochan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- logh Manx
- liqen Albanian
- *lokus Proto-Celtic
- *lakus Proto-Italic
- loch Scots