Where does “lákr” come from?
lákr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic laka-, from Proto-Indo-European lā- — to drive, move, go.
Ancestry of “lákr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | laka- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | lā- | to drive, move, go |