Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lok

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luką.

Noun

*lok n

shutter, lock
hole

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lok
Genitive	*lokas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lok	*loku
Accusative	*lok	*loku
Genitive	*lokas	*lokō
Dative	*lokē	*lokum
Instrumental	*loku	*lokum

Descendants

Old English: loc
- Middle English: lok, loc, lock, loke
  - English: lock
  - Scots: lock
  - Yola: lauckès (plural)
- → Anglo-Norman: loc
  - ⇒ Anglo-Norman: loquet
    - Middle French: loquet
      - French: loquet
        → English: locket
        → Italian: lucchetto
        → Lombard: lochet
        → Portuguese: aloquete, loquete
    - → Middle English: locket
      - English: locket
Old Frisian: lok
Old Saxon: *lok
- Middle Low German: lok
  - German Low German: Lock
Old Dutch: *lok
- Middle Dutch: loc
  - Dutch: lok
Old High German: loh
- Middle High German: loch
  - Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: loch, lòch (Sette Comuni)
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Loch
    
    Luxembourgish: Lach
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German:
    
    Vilamovian: łöch
  - East Franconian:
  - German: Loch
    - → Czech: loch
    - → Dutch: loch
    - → Polish: loch
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Frankfurterisch: Loch
    
    Pennsylvania German: Loch
  - Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)