Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lukkaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lugnós, from *lewg- (“to bend”) +‎ *-nós. Synchronically analyzed as an a-stem nominal formation from *lūkaną (“to close, shut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluk.kɑz/

Noun

*lukkaz m

1. lock (of hair)
2. curl

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lukkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lukkaz	*lukkōz, *lukkōs
vocative	*lukk	*lukkōz, *lukkōs
accusative	*lukką	*lukkanz
genitive	*lukkas, *lukkis	*lukkǫ̂
dative	*lukkai	*lukkamaz
instrumental	*lukkō	*lukkamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lokk
  • Old English: locc, loc
    • Middle English: lok, lokke
      • English: lock
      • Scots: lok
  • Old Frisian: lokk, lok
    • West Frisian: lok, lokke
  • Old Saxon: lokk, lok
    • Middle Low German: locke
      • German Low German: Locke, Lock
  • Frankish: *lokk
    • Old Dutch: lock
      • Middle Dutch: loc, locke
        • Dutch: lok
    • → Old French: lok, loc
      • Middle French: loque (influenced by Middle Dutch)
        • French: loque
  • Old High German: lok, loc
    • Middle High German: loc
      • Alemannic German:

        Italian Walser: lokha

      • German: Locke
• Old Norse: lokkr
  • Icelandic: lokkur
  • Faroese: lokkur
  • Norwegian: lokk
  • Swedish: lock
  • Danish: lok