Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lukkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈluk.kɑz/

Noun

*lukkaz m

lock (of hair)
curl

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lukkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lukkaz	lukkōz, lukkōs
vocative	*lukk	lukkōz, lukkōs
accusative	*lukką	*lukkanz
genitive	lukkas, lukkis	*lukkǫ̂
dative	*lukkai	*lukkamaz
instrumental	*lukkō	*lukkamiz

Descendants

Old English: locc, loc
- Middle English: lok, lokke
  - English: lock
  - Scots: lok
Old Frisian: lokk, lok
- West Frisian: lok, lokke
Old Saxon: lokk, lok
- Middle Low German: locke
  - German Low German: Locke, Lock
Frankish: *lokk
- Old Dutch: lock
  - Middle Dutch: loc, locke
    - Dutch: lok
- → Old French: lok, loc
  - Middle French: loque (influenced by Middle Dutch)
    - French: loque
Old High German: lok, loc
- Middle High German: loc
  - Alemannic German:
    Italian Walser: lokha
  - German: Locke
Old Norse: lokkr
- Icelandic: lokkur
- Faroese: lokkur
- Norwegian: lokk
- Swedish: lock
- Danish: lok