leaky
English
/ˈliːki/
adj
Definitions
- Having leaks; not fully sealed.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English leke (leaky) inherited from Old English hlec inherited from Proto-Germanic *lekaz (leaking, leaky) suffix from English leak.
Origin
English
leak
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leakgate English
- aleak English
- antileak English
- inleak English
- leak English
- leakage English
- leakee English
- leaker English
- leakest English
- leaketh English
- leakily English
- leakiness English
- leakless English
- leakproof English
- leek English
- megaleak English
- microleak English
- nonleaky English
- overleak English
- superleak English
- lek Dutch, Flemish
- *lekaz Proto-Germanic
- hlec Old English
- lēac Old English
- garlek Middle English
- leke Middle English
- leken Middle English
- lekr Old Norse
- liki Esperanto
- lekur Icelandic
- leken Middle Dutch
- lik Tok Pisin