Where does “locc” come from?

locc (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *lukk, from Proto-Germanic lukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

locc (Old English): lock

Definitions

  1. lock

Ancestry of “locc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lukk—
2Proto-Germaniclukkazlock; curl
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlugnó-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

Words derived from “locc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lugnó- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lukkaz →