luken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to close, to shut
- (intransitive) to close, to become closed
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *lūcan inherited from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (close, shut, cover, lock).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lūkaną
Gloss
close, shut, cover, lock
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
錠
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beluiken Dutch, Flemish
- luiken Dutch, Flemish
- ontluiken Dutch, Flemish
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lūǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lukilaz Proto-Germanic
- *lūkaną Proto-Germanic
- lūcan Old English
- lok Old Norse
- lykill Old Norse
- lúka Old Norse
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lūkan gmw-pro
- *lūcan Old Dutch
- antlucan Old Dutch
- bilucan Old Dutch
- lucke Middle Low German
- lukan Old Saxon
- luka Old Frisian