Where does “лѫкъ” come from?

лѫкъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

лѫкъ (Old Church Slavonic): bow

Definitions

  1. bow

Ancestry of “лѫкъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás →Every word from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ →