laukur
Icelandic
/ˈløyːkʏr/
noun
Definitions
- onion, leek, garlic
- a bulb
- the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse laukr inherited from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ inherited from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (leek).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laukaz
Gloss
leek
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leighton English
- houseleek English
- leek English
- leekish English
- leeklike English
- leeky English
- Bärlauch German
- Lauch German
- Lauchmotte German
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- løk Norwegian Bokmål
- *laukaz Proto-Germanic
- *lauką Proto-Germanic
- lök Swedish
- lökig Swedish
- rödlök Swedish
- syltlök Swedish
- vitlök Swedish
- lauk Norwegian Nynorsk
- garleac Old English
- leac Old English
- lēac Old English
- ynneleac Old English
- leke Middle English
- laukr Old Norse
- løg Danish
- *lukъ Proto-Slavic
- mýrasauðlaukur Icelandic
- sauðlaukur Icelandic
- sauður Icelandic
- strandsauðlaukur Icelandic
- álft Icelandic
- álftalaukur Icelandic
- louh Old High German
- leykur Faroese
- loch Middle High German
- lauk Estonian
- *lōk Old Dutch
- Làuich Alemannic German
- løker Old Swedish
- løker, lø̄ker Old Swedish
- ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ Proto-Norse