Proto-Germanic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”).
Pronunciation
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*luką n
- lock
- shutter
- opening, aperture, hole
Inflection
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neuter a-stemDeclension of *luką (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*luką
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*lukō
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vocative
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*luką
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*lukō
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accusative
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*luką
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*lukō
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genitive
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*lukas, *lukis
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*lukǫ̂
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dative
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*lukai
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*lukamaz
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instrumental
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*lukō
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*lukamiz
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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- Proto-West Germanic: *lok
- Old English: loc
- Old Frisian: lok
- Old Saxon: *lok
- Old Dutch: *lok
- Old High German: loh
- Middle High German: loch
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: loch, lòch
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Loch
- Luxembourgish: Lach
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon German:
- Vilamovian: łöch
- East Franconian:
- German: Loch
- Rhine Franconian:
- Frankfurterisch: Loch
- Pennsylvania German: Loch
- Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)
- Old Norse: lok
- Gothic: *𐌻𐌿𐌺 (*luk) (in 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐌺 (usluk))