Leek
See also: leek
English
editEtymology
editPerhaps of pre-Anglo-Saxon (non-Old English) origin and instead from Celtic; compare Welsh llech and Irish leac (“stone”), both from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā.[1] Recorded as Lec in 1086 (DB).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLeek
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856). [2]
- A village and former municipality in Groningen province, Netherlands.
- A surname.
References
edit- ^ Duignan, W. H. (1902). Notes on Staffordshire Place Names. United Kingdom: H. Frowde, p. 91
- ^ Parish map (Staffordshire)
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as dye leeck in 1495. Derived from Old Frisian leke (“natural watercourse”). Originally a hydronym.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editLeek n
- A village and former municipality of Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Koetsenburg (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “leek4”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German Low German
editEtymology
editUltimately cognate to German Laich.
Noun
editLeek m
- (Low Prussian) spawn (eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms)
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- en:Towns in Staffordshire, England
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- nl:Villages in Groningen, Netherlands
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