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Where does “*laca” come from?

*laca (Old Dutch) comes 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.

Ancestry of “*laca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclakustream; pool, lake
2Finnishlakritsilicorice, liquorice
3Swedishlakritslicorice/liquorice
4Late Latinliquiritia—
5Ancient Greekγλυκύρριζαlicorice
6Ancient Greekγλυκύςsweet
7Proto-Hellenic*dlukús—
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