Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luką

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlu.kɑ̃/

Noun

*luką n

lock
shutter
opening, aperture, hole

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *luką (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*luką	*lukō
vocative	*luką	*lukō
accusative	*luką	*lukō
genitive	lukas, lukis	*lukǫ̂
dative	*lukai	*lukamaz
instrumental	*lukō	*lukamiz

Synonyms

*lukǭ

Derived terms

*lukōną

Related terms

*lūkaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *lok
- Old English: loc
  - Middle English: loc, lok, lokk, lock
    - English: lock
      - Tok Pisin: lok
      - → Hawaiian: laka
    - Scots: lock
  - → Anglo-Norman: loc
    - ⇒ Anglo-Norman: loquet
      - Middle French: loquet
        French: loquet
        → English: locket
        → Italian: lucchetto
        → Lombard: lochet
        → Portuguese: aloquete, loquete
      - → Middle English: locket
        English: locket
- Old Frisian: lok
- Old Saxon: *lok
  - Middle Low German: lok
    - German Low German: Lock
- Old Dutch: *lok
  - Middle Dutch: loc
    - Dutch: lok
- Old High German: loh
  - Middle High German: loch
    - Bavarian:
      Cimbrian: loch, lòch
    - Central Franconian:
      Hunsrik: Loch
      Luxembourgish: Lach
    - East Central German:
      Upper Saxon:
      Vilamovian: łöch
    - East Franconian:
    - German: Loch
      - → Czech: loch
      - → Dutch: loch
      - → Polish: loch
    - Rhine Franconian:
      Frankfurterisch: Loch
      Pennsylvania German: Loch
    - Yiddish: לאָך‎ (lokh)
Old Norse: lok
- Icelandic: lok
- Old Swedish: lok, luk
  - Swedish: lock
- Danish: låg
Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌺 (*luk) (in 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌺 (usluk))