Loki

See also: loki and löki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊki/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊki/
• Homophone: low-key (in some pronunciations)
• Rhymes: -əʊki

Proper noun

Loki

1. (Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Translations

god of mischief and trickery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛基 (zh) (Luòjī)

• Danish: Loke
• Faroese: Loki m, Lokki m
• French: Loki (fr) m
• Georgian: ლოკი (loḳi)
• Icelandic: Loki (is) m
• Japanese: ロキ (Roki)
• Korean: 로키 (Roki)
• Marathi: लोकी m (lokī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Loke (no)

  Nynorsk: Loke

• Old Norse: Loki m
• Portuguese: Loki (pt) m
• Russian: Ло́ки (ru) m (Lóki)
• Swedish: Loke (sv)

Anagrams

• Ilok, kilo, kilo-

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Loki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːcɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ
• Homophone: loki

Proper noun

Loki m

1. (Norse mythology) Loki (Norse god)
2. a male given name

Declension

declension of Loki

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Loki	Lokinn	Lokar	Lokarnir
accusative	Loka	Lokann	Loka	Lokana
dative	Loka	Lokanum	Lokum	Lokunum
genitive	Loka	Lokans	Loka	Lokanna

Old Norse

Etymology

In popular folk etymology, often assumed to be a variant of Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”) (from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”); compare Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”)), but this is not linguistically sound. Now seen as from Old Norse lok (“lock”), equivalent to lok +‎ -i, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), connecting his name to entanglement.

Loki may have originated as an epithet or title ("Entangler"), similar to Freyr ("Lord") for Yngvi, as evidenced by the Jötunn Útgarða-Loki featuring the same element. Some suggest his original name was Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), cognate with Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”)), as he is the god of mischief, or Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- which relates to how he is speculated to have been worshiped.

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.kɪ/

Proper noun

Loki m (oblique Loka)

1. Loki (Norse god)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Logi (Norse Jötunn of Fire).

Declension

  Declension of Loki (weak an-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Loki
accusative	Loka
dative	Loka
genitive	Loka

Descendants

• Icelandic: Loki
• Faroese: Loki
• Norwegian: Loke (Lòkje)
• Swedish: Locke, → Loke
• Danish: Loke
• → English: Loki

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Loki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

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• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Syllabification: Lo‧ki
• Homophone: loki

Proper noun

Loki m pers

1. (Norse mythology) Loki (the god of mischief and trickery)

   Hypernyms: bóg, bóstwo

Declension

Declension of Loki

	singular
nominative	Loki
genitive	Lokiego
dative	Lokiemu
accusative	Lokiego
instrumental	Lokim
locative	Lokim
vocative	Loki

Further reading

• Loki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

Proper noun

Loki m

1. (Norse mythology) Loki