Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Glück, West Frisian gelok, English luck, Dutch and Afrikaans geluk, Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo koloku. Compare also to the borrowings in North Germanic languages: Norwegian Nynorsk lukke, Swedish lycka, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke.

Noun edit

גליק (glikn, plural גליקן (glikn)

  1. happiness
  2. luck

See also edit