lak

Icelandic

/laːk/

noun

Definitions

sheet, bedsheet

Etymology

Derived from Old Norse lak derived from Middle Low German laken derived from Old Saxon lakan derived from Proto-Germanic *lakaną (cloth, sheet, linen).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*lakaną

Gloss

cloth, sheet, linen

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

布

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

laken Norwegian Bokmål
*lakaną Proto-Germanic
lak Old Norse
lagen Danish
teygja Icelandic
teygjulak Icelandic
*lakan Old Dutch
laken Middle Low German
lāken Middle Low German
lakan Old Saxon
lakan Old Swedish
leken Old Frisian

teygja
teygjulak