Where does “Lock” come from?

Lock (German) comes from Middle High German loc, from Old High German loc, from Proto-Germanic lukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

Ancestry of “Lock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanloc—
2Old High Germanloc—
3Proto-Germaniclukkazlock; curl
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlugnó-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

Words derived from “Lock”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lugnó- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lukkaz →