Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lauk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laukaz.

Noun

*lauk m

leek

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lauk
Genitive	*laukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lauk	laukō, laukōs
Accusative	*lauk	*laukā
Genitive	*laukas	*laukō
Dative	*laukē	*laukum
Instrumental	*lauku	*laukum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: lēac, *lǣc, lāec, lēc
- Middle English: lek, leek, leeke, leke, leyke
  - English: leek
    - → Maori: riki
  - Scots: leke, leik
Old Frisian: *lāk
- Saterland Frisian: Look
- West Frisian: lak, lok (possibly from Middle Dutch)
Old Saxon: lōk
- Middle Low German: lōk
  - Low German: Look
  - Plautdietsch: Luak
Old Dutch: *lōk
- Middle Dutch: look
  - Dutch: look
  - West Flemish: look
Old High German: louh
- Middle High German: loch
  - Alemannic German: Làuich
  - German: Lauch

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