louk
English
Alternative forms
- look
Etymology 1
From Middle English louken, lowken, from Old English lūcan (“to pluck out, pull up”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną, *leukaną (“to break, pluck, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *lūǵ- (“to break”). Cognate with Middle Low German lūken (“to pull, pull up”), German liechen (“to pluck”), Danish luge (“to hatch”), Latin luctor (“wrestle, fight”, verb).
Verb
louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)
- (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.
Etymology 2
From Middle English louken, from Old English lūcan (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). More at lock.
Verb
louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)
- Alternative form of lock
Etymology 3
From Middle English louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.
Alternative forms
- lowk
Noun
louk (plural louks)
- (obsolete) An accomplice; partner; comrade.
Livonian
Etymology
Borrowing from Latvian lauks.
Noun
louk
- field