Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lauk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Noun

*lauk m

1. leek

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lauk
Genitive	*laukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lauk	*laukō, *laukōs
Accusative	*lauk	*laukā
Genitive	*laukas	*laukō
Dative	*laukē	*laukum
Instrumental	*lauku	*laukum

Derived terms

• *askalauk
• *klobulauk
• *hūsalauk
• *unnjalauk

Descendants

• Old English: lēac, *lǣc, lāec, lēc — Anglian
  • Middle English: lek, leek, leeke, leke, leyke
    • English: leek
      • → Maori: riki
    • Scots: leke, leik
• Old Frisian: *lāk
  • Saterland Frisian: Look
  • West Frisian: lak, lok (possibly from Middle Dutch)
• Old Saxon: lōk
  • Middle Low German: lōk
    • Low German: Look
    • Plautdietsch: Luak
• Old Dutch: *lōk
  • Middle Dutch: look
    • Dutch: look
    • West Flemish: look
• Old High German: louh
  • Middle High German: loch
    • Alemannic German: Làuich
    • German: Lauch