lakk
Norwegian Nynorsk
noun-m1
Definitions
- lacquer, varnish
Etymology
Derived from French laque (lacquer) derived from German Lack (varnish, lacquer) derived from Latin lacca (tumour in the leg of a horse) derived from Sanskrit लाक्षा (a species of plant).
Origin
Sanskrit
लाक्षा
Gloss
a species of plant
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lacca Latin
- Farblack German
- Goldlack German
- Lack German
- Lackaffe German
- Lackleder German
- Lackschicht German
- Lackstock German
- lacca Italian
- lak Dutch, Flemish
- laque French
- laquer French
- laqueur French
- лак Russian
- laca Spanish, Castilian
- *Hlak- Proto-Indo-European
- *laḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- lakk Norwegian Bokmål
- lak Polish
- laka Polish
- लाक्षा Sanskrit
- lak Danish
- लाख Hindi
- lacón Galician
- لاک Persian
- лачен Bulgarian