Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (leek).

Cognate with Old English lēac, Old Saxon lōk, Old High German louh. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lukъ and Finnish laukka, which are borrowings from the Proto-Germanic word.

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈlɑukr̩/

Noun

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laukr m (genitive lauks, plural laukar)

  1. leek, garlic
    • Völsunga saga 32, in 1829, C. C. Rafn, Fornaldar sögur Nordrlanda, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 205:
      [] sem gull af járni, eða laukr af öðrum grösum, eða hjörtr af öðrum dýrum, []
      [] as gold from iron, or leek from other herbs or deer from other beasts, []

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: laukur
  • Faroese: leykur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lauk
  • Elfdalian: lok
  • Old Swedish: lø̄ker
  • Old Danish: lø̄k
  • Gutnish: lauk

References

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  • laukr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laukr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • laukr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.