Where does “lakat” come from?
lakat (Hungarian) comes from Italian lucchetto, from French loquet, from Anglo-Norman loc, from Old English loc, from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis.
lakat (Hungarian): padlock, lock; causative of lakik: to have...
Definitions
- padlock, lock; causative of lakik: to have...
Ancestry of “lakat”, step by step
lakat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian lucchetto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lucchetto | padlock; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | French | loquet | latch |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | loc | lock |
| 4 | Old English | loc | lock; that by which anything is closed; an... |
| 5 | Old English | stede | place |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |