lycka
Swedish
/lʏkːa/
noun
Definitions
- joy, happiness
- (archaic) a loop (of string)
- a small farm field
- luck (something that happens to someone by chance), fortune (good or bad), fate
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German lucke derived from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (close, shut, cover, lock).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lūkaną
Gloss
close, shut, cover, lock
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
錠
Emoji
📕 📪️ 📫️ 🔐 🔒️ 😚
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Goldilocks English
- Lockport English
- airlock English
- anklelock English
- anti-lock English
- armlock English
- belock English
- boxlock English
- brainlock English
- chinlock English
- couchlock English
- daglock English
- deadlock English
- deathlock English
- doglock English
- earlock English
- elflock English
- eyelock English
- fetlock English
- fetterlock English
- firelock English
- flatlock English
- flintlock English
- forelock English
- gridlock English
- gunlock English
- hairlock English
- hammerlock English
- handlock English
- hashlock English
- headlock English
- inlock English
- interlock English
- keylock English
- landlock English
- leglock English
- lidlock English
- liplock English
- livelock English
- lock English
- lock-weir English
- lockability English
- lockable English
- lockage English
- lockbolt English
- lockbox English
- locker English
- lockfast English
- lockful English
- lockhouse English
- lockjaw English
- lockkeeper English
- lockless English
- locklike English
- lockmaster English
- locknut English
- lockout English
- lockpicker English
- lockplate English
- lockring English
- lockset English
- lockshield English
- lockside English
- locksman English
- locksmith English
- locksmithery English
- locksport English
- lockstep English
- lockstitch English
- lockwork English
- locky English
- lovelock English
- luck English
- luckbox English
- lucker English
- luckless English
- luckling English
- lucksome English
- lucky English
- manlock English
- matchlock English
- mindlock English
- misluck English
- multilock English
- necklock English
- oarlock English
- overlock English
- picklock English
- potluck English
- relock English
- riplock English
- sidelock English
- snaplock English
- soaplock English
- softlock English
- spinlock English
- suitlock English
- taglock English
- twistlock English
- underlock English
- unlock English
- unluck English
- uplock English
- weighlock English
- wheellock English
- wristlock English
- lykky Finnish
- lykästää Finnish
- Locke German
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lūǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- lykke Norwegian Bokmål
- *lukilaz Proto-Germanic
- *lūkaną Proto-Germanic
- bilolycka Swedish
- lycklig Swedish
- lyckosam Swedish
- olycka Swedish
- olycklig Swedish
- trafikolycka Swedish
- lykke Norwegian Nynorsk
- lūcan Old English
- lok Middle English
- luk Middle English
- lok Old Norse
- lykill Old Norse
- lúka Old Norse
- lukka Icelandic
- ล็อก Thai
- loc Welsh
- lwc Welsh
- loklo Ido
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lūkan gmw-pro
- *lūcan Old Dutch
- lucke Middle Low German
- lukan Old Saxon
- lihkku Northern Sami
- luka Old Frisian
- lok Tok Pisin
- loke Seychellois Creole