leka
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to drip, dribble
- (intransitive) to leak, be leaky
Etymology
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
- lek Dutch, Flemish
- *leg- Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lōkiz Proto-Germanic
- läcka Swedish
- leke Norwegian Nynorsk
- fisclacu Old English
- lacu Old English
- lake Middle English
- leken Middle English
- lekaðr Old Norse
- lekr Old Norse
- leka Icelandic
- leken Middle Dutch
- *laku gmw-pro
- *lekan Old Dutch
- *legāti Proto-Celtic
- leka Westrobothnian
- lekar Westrobothnian