louken

Middle English

Etymology

(Also spelled lowken.) From Old English lūcan (“to pluck out, pull up”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną, *leukaną (“to break, pluck, pull”), from 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

louken

1. to weed; pull up weeds