Where does “loklo” come from?
loklo (Ido) comes from English lock, from Old English loc, from Old English stede, from Proto-West Germanic stadi, from Proto-Germanic stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
loklo (Ido): curl, ringlet, kink
Definitions
- curl, ringlet, kink
Ancestry of “loklo”, step by step
loklo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lock | Something used for fastening, which can only be... |
| 2 | Old English | loc | lock; that by which anything is closed; an... |
| 3 | Old English | stede | place |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | stadi | place |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stadiz | place, location |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stéh₂tis | standing, position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *steh₂- | — |