luck
English
/lʌk/, /lʌk/, /lʊk/
noun
Definitions
- Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
- A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
- Success.
- (video games) The results of a random number generator.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English luk borrowed from Middle Dutch luc derived from Frankish *galukki.
Origin
Frankish
*galukki
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- box English
- luckbox English
- lucker English
- luckily English
- luckiness English
- luckless English
- lucklessly English
- lucklessness English
- luckling English
- lucksome English
- lucky English
- misluck English
- pot English
- potluck English
- unluck English
- unlucky English
- lykky Finnish
- Glück German
- Glücksbringer German
- Glücksgefühl German
- Glückshaut German
- Glückskeks German
- Glückskind German
- Glücksrad German
- Glücksspiel German
- Glückstadt German
- Glückstag German
- Glückwunsch German
- Unglück German
- glücklich German
- glücklos German
- glückselig German
- beginnersgeluk Dutch, Flemish
- geluk Dutch, Flemish
- gelukkig Dutch, Flemish
- gelukskoekje Dutch, Flemish
- geluksvogel Dutch, Flemish
- gelukwens Dutch, Flemish
- gelukzalig Dutch, Flemish
- ongeluk Dutch, Flemish
- lycka Swedish
- lycklig Swedish
- lyckosam Swedish
- olycka Swedish
- ラッキー Japanese
- luk Middle English
- lukky Middle English
- lykke Danish
- lykkelig Danish
- ulykke Danish
- lukka Icelandic
- lwc Welsh
- lwcus Welsh
- geluc Middle Dutch
- luc Middle Dutch
- geluk Afrikaans
- gelücke Middle High German
- (ge)lucke, gelucke Middle Low German
- lucke Middle Low German
- galükhe Cimbrian
- glük Cimbrian
- glükh Cimbrian
- glüklich Cimbrian
- *galukki Frankish
- gelok Western Frisian
- lok Western Frisian
- lokwinsk Western Frisian
- ûngelok Western Frisian
- koloku Sranan Tongo