Where does “lâke” come from?
lâke (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon laca, from Proto-West Germanic laku, from Finnish lakritsi, from Swedish lakrits, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.
lâke (Middle Low German): brine; standing water
Ancestry of “lâke”, step by step
Words derived from “lâke”