Where does “locke” come from?

locke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch lock, from Frankish *lokk, from Proto-Germanic lukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

locke (Middle Dutch): curl

Definitions

  1. curl

Ancestry of “locke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchlock—
2Frankish*lokk—
3Proto-Germaniclukkazlock; curl
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlugnó-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

Words derived from “locke”

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