Where does “leak” come from?
Leak comes from Middle English leke, from Middle Dutch leken, from Old Dutch lekan, from Proto-Indo-European leg-.
leak (English): A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits...
Definitions
- A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits...
Ancestry of “leak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | leken | to let water in or out |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lēken | to leak, to be leaky |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lekan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lekan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lekaną | To leak; seep; drip |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leg- | to leak |
Words derived from “leak”