lauk

Norwegian Nynorsk

/løʉk/

pronu-note

Definitions

plants of the genus Allium, garlic

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

*lewg- Proto-Indo-European
løk Norwegian Bokmål
*laukaz Proto-Germanic
leac Old English
lēac Old English
laukr Old Norse
løg Danish
*lukъ Proto-Slavic
laukur Icelandic
louh Old High German
leykur Faroese
lauk Estonian
*lōk Old Dutch
løker Old Swedish
løker, lø̄ker Old Swedish
ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ Proto-Norse