Where does “lak” come from?

lak (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse lak, from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic lakaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- — to be slack; be limp; droop; sag.

lak (Icelandic): sheet, bedsheet; first/third-person singular past...

Definitions

  1. sheet, bedsheet; first/third-person singular past...

Ancestry of “lak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselak—
2Middle Low Germanlāken—
3Old Saxonlakan—
4Proto-Germaniclakanąlinen; cloth; sheet
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂g-to be slack; be limp; droop; sag

Words derived from “lak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lakaną →Every word from Old Saxon lakan →