loch
Polish
noun
Definitions
- dungeon (an underground prison or vault)
- colloquial, regional cellar (esp. a pantry in the cellar)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Loch (hole, gap, opening, cavity, pit) derived from Middle High German loch derived from Old High German loh derived from Proto-Germanic *luką (lock, opening, hole) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (bend, twist, turn, fold, break).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewg-
Gloss
bend, twist, turn, fold, break
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- reluctance English
- reluctor English
- eluctabilis Latin
- eluctor Latin
- ineluctabilis Latin
- inēlūctābilis Latin
- lucta Latin
- luctatio Latin
- luctator Latin
- luctor Latin
- luctārī Latin
- luctātiō Latin
- lucuns Latin
- luma Latin
- luxuria Latin
- luxus Latin
- reluctor Latin
- reluctāns Latin
- Arschloch German
- Astloch German
- Dreckloch German
- Dreilochnutte German
- Dreilochstute German
- Funkloch German
- Knopfloch German
- Lauch German
- Loch German
- Lochfraßkorrosion German
- Lochkarte German
- Lochstreifen German
- Löcherleitung German
- Nasenloch German
- Ozonloch German
- Schlupfloch German
- Schlüsselloch German
- Sommerloch German
- Wasserloch German
- Wurmloch German
- Ληξόβιοι Ancient Greek
- λοξός Ancient Greek
- λύγινος Ancient Greek
- λύγος Ancient Greek
- *leuk- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lugsos Proto-Indo-European
- *laukaz Proto-Germanic
- *lauką Proto-Germanic
- *lukjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lukô Proto-Germanic
- *luką Proto-Germanic
- *lūkaną Proto-Germanic
- *lūkinjō Proto-Germanic
- loc Old English
- रुग्ण Sanskrit
- locken Middle English
- lok Old Norse
- loch Czech
- llechwedd Welsh
- arsloh Old High German
- loh Old High German
- louh Old High German
- foloing Old Irish
- imfolngai Old Irish
- inloing Old Irish
- túailnge Old Irish
- loch Middle High German
- Lach Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- לאָך Yiddish
- *lauh gmw-pro
- *lok gmw-pro
- *luggo- Proto-Celtic
- *lungeti Proto-Celtic
- *lungo- Proto-Celtic
- loch Cimbrian
- lòch Cimbrian
- *lok Old Saxon
- *awa-luga Proto-Albanian
- łöch Vilamovian
- *lecinos Old Latin