Where does “lekker” come from?
lekker (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lekke, from Danish lække, from Middle Low German lecken, from Old Saxon lekkian, from Proto-Germanic lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lekker (Norwegian Bokmål): present of lekke
Ancestry of “lekker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lekke | definite singular of lekk; plural of lekk; to... |
| 2 | Danish | lække | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lecken | to leak |
| 4 | Old Saxon | lekkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lakjaną | To cause to wet; moisten |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |