Loki

See also: loki and löki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊki/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊki/
• Homophone: low-key (in some pronunciations)
• Rhymes: -əʊki

Proper noun

Loki

1. (Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.

Translations

god of mischief and trickery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛基 (zh) (Luòjī)

• Danish: Loke
• Faroese: Loki m, Lokki m
• French: Loki (fr) m
• Georgian: ლოკი (loḳi)
• Icelandic: Loki (is) m
• Japanese: ロキ (Roki)
• Korean: 로키 (Roki)
• Marathi: लोकी m (lokī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Loke (no)

  Nynorsk: Loke

• Old Norse: Loki m
• Portuguese: Loki (pt) m
• Russian: Ло́ки (ru) m (Lóki)
• Swedish: Loke (sv)

Anagrams

• Ilok, kilo, kilo-

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Loki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːcɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ
• Homophone: loki

Proper noun

Loki m (proper noun, genitive singular Loka)

1. (Norse mythology) Loki (Norse god)
2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Loki (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Loki
accusative	Loka
dative	Loka
genitive	Loka

Old Norse

Etymology

In popular folk etymology, often assumed to be a variant of Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”) (from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”); compare Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”)), but this is not linguistically sound. Now seen as from Old Norse lok (“lock”), equivalent to lok +‎ -i, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), connecting his name to entanglement.

Loki may have originated as an epithet or title ("Entangler"), similar to Freyr ("Lord") for Yngvi, as evidenced by the Jötunn Útgarða-Loki featuring the same element. Some suggest his original name was Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), cognate with Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”)), as he is the god of mischief, or Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- which relates to how he is speculated to have been worshiped.

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.kɪ/

Proper noun

Loki m (oblique Loka)

1. Loki (Norse god)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Logi (Norse Jötunn of Fire).

Declension

Declension of Loki (weak an-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Loki
accusative	Loka
dative	Loka
genitive	Loka

Descendants

• Icelandic: Loki
• Faroese: Loki
• Norwegian: Loke (Lòkje)
• Swedish: Locke, → Loke
• Danish: Loke
• → English: Loki

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Loki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Syllabification: Lo‧ki
• Homophone: loki

Proper noun

Loki m pers

1. (Norse mythology) Loki (the god of mischief and trickery)

   Hypernyms: bóg, bóstwo

Declension

Declension of Loki

	singular
nominative	Loki
genitive	Lokiego
dative	Lokiemu
accusative	Lokiego
instrumental	Lokim
locative	Lokim
vocative	Loki

Further reading

• Loki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

Proper noun

Loki m

1. (Norse mythology) Loki