Where does “laker” come from?
laker (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse lákr, from Proto-Germanic laka-, from Proto-Indo-European lā- — to drive, move, go.
Ancestry of “laker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | lákr | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | laka- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lā- | to drive, move, go |
Words derived from “laker”