Where does “lok” come from?
lok (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk lokomotiv, from English locomotive, from French locomotif, from Vulgar Latin motivus, from Latin motus, from Latin movere, from Latin moveo, from Proto-Italic moweō — to move.
lok (Norwegian Nynorsk): Alternative form of lauk
Ancestry of “lok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | lokomotiv | a locomotive |
| 2 | English | locomotive | The power unit of a train that pulls the coaches... |
| 3 | French | locomotif | locomotive |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | motivus | moving; stirred; moved |
| 5 | Latin | motus | moved, stirred, disturbed, having been moved;... |
| 6 | Latin | movere | present active infinitive of moveō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | moveo | I move, stir, set in motion; I disturb, shake,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | moweō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mew- | to move |