laak
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch lake, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“drain, ditch, stream, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak, drain”).
Noun[edit]
laak f (plural laken, diminutive laakje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “laak1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “laakI”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Dutch lāke, lieke, leke (“blood sucking worm”), from a root shared with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Cognate with English leech.
Noun[edit]
laak f (plural laken)
- (dated) leech
- Synonyms: bloedzuiger, lijk
Further reading[edit]
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “laak2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Matthias de Vries, Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864) “laakII”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
laak
- inflection of laken:
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
laak (neuter laakt, definite singular and plural laake)
- obsolete typography of låk
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