laak
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch lake, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“drain, ditch, stream, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak, drain”).
Noun edit
laak f (plural laken, diminutive laakje n)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “laak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “laakI”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch lāke, lieke, leke (“blood sucking worm”), from a root shared with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Cognate with English leech.
Noun edit
laak f (plural laken)
- (dated) leech
- Synonyms: bloedzuiger, lijk
Further reading edit
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “laak2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “laakII”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
laak
- inflection of laken:
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
laak (neuter laakt, definite singular and plural laake)
- obsolete typography of låk