louk

See also: Louk

English

Alternative forms

• look

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English louken, lowken, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English lūcan (“to pluck out, pull up”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *lūkaną, *leukaną (“to break, pluck, pull”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *lūǵ- (“to break”). Cognate with Middle Low German lūken (“to pull, pull up”), German liechen (“to pluck”), Danish luge (“to hatch”), Latin luctor (“wrestle, fight”, verb).

Verb

louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)

1. (transitive) To weed; pull up weeds.

Etymology 2

From Middle English louken, from Old English lūcan (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). More at lock.

Verb

louk (third-person singular simple present louks, present participle louking, simple past and past participle louked)

1. Alternative form of lock

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.

Alternative forms

• lowk

Noun

louk (plural louks)

1. (obsolete) An accomplice; partner; comrade.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlou̯k]

Noun

louk

1. genitive plural of louka

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Livonian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latvian lauks.

Noun

louk

1. field