laukur
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.
Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
laukur m (genitive singular lauks, nominative plural laukar)
- onion, leek, garlic
- a bulb
- the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)[1]
- Laukur ættarinnar.
- The best of the family.
- Stíga í laukana.
- To live in good fortune.
Declension edit
declension of laukur
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan á orðatiltækið laukrétt uppruna sinn? (“Where does the expression laukréttur come from?”)