Where does “Lock” come from?
Lock (German Low German) comes from Middle Low German lok, from Old Saxon lok, from Proto-Germanic *lok.
Lock (German Low German): hole; opening
Ancestry of “Lock”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | lok | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | lok | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *lok | — |