løg
Danish
/løj/
noun
Definitions
- onion
- (slang) testicle
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse laukr inherited from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ inherited from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (leek).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laukaz
Gloss
leek
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leighton English
- houseleek English
- leek English
- leekish English
- leeklike English
- leeky English
- Bärlauch German
- Lauch German
- Lauchmotte German
- bieslook Dutch, Flemish
- daslook Dutch, Flemish
- eslook Dutch, Flemish
- knoflook Dutch, Flemish
- look Dutch, Flemish
- лук Russian
- луковый Russian
- лучник Russian
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- løk Norwegian Bokmål
- *laukaz Proto-Germanic
- lauk Norwegian Nynorsk
- leac Old English
- lēac Old English
- leke Middle English
- laukr Old Norse
- *lukъ Proto-Slavic
- laukur Icelandic
- sauðlaukur Icelandic
- álftalaukur Icelandic
- look Middle Dutch
- louh Old High German
- leykur Faroese
- loch Middle High German
- lauk Estonian
- *lōk Old Dutch
- løker Old Swedish
- løker, lø̄ker Old Swedish
- luukk Skolt Sami
- ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ Proto-Norse