lacu
See also: lāču
Latin
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lakō, *lōkiz (“stream, pool, water aggregation", originally "ditch, drainage, seep”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną (“to water, wet, irrigate, drain”), causative of Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”). Cognate with Old Saxon laca (in placenames, “lake, stream, brook”), Old High German lacha (“pool, water collected in a ditch, swamp”), Middle Dutch lāke (“pond, lake, stream, brook”), Middle Low German lāke (“water pooled in a riverbed”), Old Norse lækr (“slow flowing stream”), Old English leċċan (“to make wet, moisten”), Old Norse leka (“to drip, leak”). More at leak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑku/
Declension
Derived terms
- fisċlacu
- ġemǣrlacu
- mǣdlacu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).
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