Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lok

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 *luką.

Noun

*lok n

1. shutter, lock
2. hole

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lok
Genitive	*lokas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lok	*loku
Accusative	*lok	*loku
Genitive	*lokas	*lokō
Dative	*lokē	*lokum
Instrumental	*loku	*lokum

Descendants

• Old English: loc
  • Middle English: lok, loc, lock, loke
    • English: lock
    • Scots: lock
    • Yola: lauckès (plural)
  • → Anglo-Norman: loc
    • ⇒ Anglo-Norman: loquet
      • Middle French: loquet
        • French: loquet
          • → English: locket
          • → Italian: lucchetto
          • → Lombard: lochet
          • → Portuguese: aloquete, loquete
      • → Middle English: locket
        • English: locket
• Old Frisian: lok
• Old Saxon: *lok
  • Middle Low German: lok
    • German Low German: Lock
• Old Dutch: *lok
  • Middle Dutch: loc
    • Dutch: lok
• Old High German: loh
  • Middle High German: loch
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: loch, lòch (Sette Comuni)

    • Central Franconian:

      Hunsrik: Loch

      Luxembourgish: Lach

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German:

      Vilamovian: łöch

    • East Franconian:
    • German: Loch
      • → Czech: loch
      • → Dutch: loch
      • → Polish: loch
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Frankfurterisch: Loch

      Pennsylvania German: Loch

    • Yiddish: לאָך (lokh)