leke

Norwegian Nynorsk

verb

Definitions

to drip, dribble
to leak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse leka (leak, drip) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lekaną (leak, drain) root from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (drain, leak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leg-

Gloss

drain, leak

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*leg- Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*lakjaną Proto-Germanic
*lakō Proto-Germanic
*lekaną Proto-Germanic
*lōkiz Proto-Germanic
läcka Swedish
leka Old Norse
lekaðr Old Norse
lekr Old Norse
leka Icelandic
leken Middle Dutch
*lekan Old Dutch
*legāti Proto-Celtic
leka Westrobothnian