Loki

See also: loki and löki

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈloʊki/
• Homophone: low-key (in some pronunciations)
• Rhymes: -əʊki

Proper noun

Loki

1. (Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
   • 2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     There’s the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is “Daptolestes illusiolautus,” meaning elegant deception.

Translations

god of mischief and trickery

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 洛基 (zh) (Luòjī)

• Danish: Loke
• Faroese: Loki m, Lokki m
• French: Loki (fr) m
• Georgian: ლოკი (loḳi)
• Icelandic: Loki (is) m
• Japanese: ロキ (ja) (Roki)
• Korean: 로키 (Roki)
• Marathi: लोकी m (lokī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Loke (no)

  Nynorsk: Loke

• Old Norse: Loki m
• Portuguese: Loki (pt) m
• Russian: Ло́ки (ru) m (Lóki)
• Swedish: Loke (sv)

Anagrams

• Ilok, kilo, kilo-

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse Loki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔːcɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ
• Homophone: loki

Proper noun

Loki m (proper noun, genitive singular Loka)

1. (Norse mythology) Loki (Norse god)
2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Loki (sg-only masculine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Loki
accusative	Loka
dative	Loka
genitive	Loka

Old Norse

Etymology

Some suggest Loki's original name was Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), cognate with Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”)), as he is the god of mischief, or Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”), if he was viewed as being connected with fire. In popular folk etymology, often assumed to be a variant of Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”) (from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”); compare Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”)), but this is not linguistically sound.

Now seen as from Old Norse lok (“lock”), equivalent to lok +‎ -i, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), connecting his name to entanglement. Loki may have originated as an epithet or title ("Entangler"), similar to Freyr ("Lord") for Yngvi, as evidenced by the Jötunn Útgarða-Loki featuring the same element.

Pronunciation

• (12th Century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.kɪ/

Proper noun

Loki m (oblique Loka)

1. Loki (Norse god)

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Logi (Norse Jötunn of Fire).

Declension

Declension of Loki (weak an-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Loki
accusative	Loka
dative	Loka
genitive	Loka

Descendants

• Icelandic: Loki
• Faroese: Loki
• Norwegian: Loke (Lòkje)
• Swedish: Locke, → Loke (learned)
• → Danish: Loke (learned)
• → English: Loki

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Norse Lokilbor.

Polish Loki

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Loki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Syllabification: Lo‧ki
• Homophone: loki

Proper noun

Loki m pers

1. (Norse mythology) Loki (the god of mischief and trickery)

   Hypernyms: bóg, bóstwo

Declension

Declension of Loki

	singular
nominative	Loki
genitive	Lokiego
dative	Lokiemu
accusative	Lokiego
instrumental	Lokim
locative	Lokim
vocative	Loki

Further reading

• “Loki”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/

Proper noun

Loki m

1. (Norse mythology) Loki