laukur
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz.
Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]laukur m (genitive singular lauks, nominative plural laukar)
- onion, leek, garlic
- a bulb
- the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)[1]
- Laukur ættarinnar.
- The best of the family.
- Stíga í laukana.
- To live in good fortune.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan á orðatiltækið laukrétt uppruna sinn? (“Where does the expression laukréttur come from?”)
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