Where does “loc” come from?

loc (Middle English) comes 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-.

loc (Middle English): enclosure, fold

Definitions

  1. enclosure, fold

Ancestry of “loc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishloclock; that by which anything is closed; an...
2Old Englishstedeplace
3Proto-West Germanicstadiplace
4Proto-Germanicstadizplace, location
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstéh₂tisstanding, position
6Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

Words derived from “loc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European stéh₂tis →Every word from Proto-Germanic stadiz →