Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luką

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 *lewg- (to bend; turn). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation related to *lūkaną (to close, lock).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.kɑ̃/

Noun

*luką n

  1. lock
  2. shutter
  3. opening, aperture, hole

Inflection

Declension of *luką (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *luką *lukō
vocative *luką *lukō
accusative *luką *lukō
genitive *lukas, *lukis *lukǫ̂
dative *lukai *lukamaz
instrumental *lukō *lukamiz

Synonyms

  • *lukǭ

Derived terms

  • *lukōną

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lukan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250