låg
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- a fluid used in the boiling of plant material
- (in place names) a body of water, usually a river or lake
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lǫgr (liquid, lake, sea) inherited from Proto-Germanic *laguz (water, sea) 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
- lakustrinen Finnish
- *lacālis Latin
- Sublaqueum Latin
- lacrimalis Latin
- lacus Latin
- lacūna Latin
- lago Italian
- lago Spanish, Castilian
- λάκκος Ancient Greek
- *lakw- Proto-Indo-European
- *lókus Proto-Indo-European
- *laguz Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- log Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagu Old English
- lǫgr Old Norse
- *loky Proto-Slavic
- lac Old French
- llac Catalan, Valencian
- lögur Icelandic
- lac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lacus lacrimalis Translingual
- lago Ido
- loch Old Irish
- Lochlann Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- loch Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lochan Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- liqen Albanian
- lago Old Portuguese
- *lokus Proto-Celtic
- lac Aromanian
- lag Westrobothnian
- *lakus Proto-Italic
- lag Romansh
- lai Romansh
- laitg Romansh
- lej Romansh
- llagu Asturian
- loch Scots
- lâc Friulian
- lacu Sicilian
- lagu Sicilian
- lach Venetian
- lac Dalmatian
- lak Walloon
- lagu Sardinian
- laco Aragonese
- lèg Emilian