laak

Dutch (Brabantic)

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) pond, pool, lake
  • watercourse, stream
  • A drainage ditch.
  • border, limit; frontier
  • marshland

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch lake inherited from Old Dutch *laka inherited from *laku (pool, stream, steam, lake) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lakō (pool, stream, lake, water aggregation, drain, pond, ditch, puddle) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-

Gloss

gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak

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