Where does “lokna” come from?

lokna (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German locke, from German Lock, from Middle High German loc, from Old High German loc, from Proto-Germanic lukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European lugnó-, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

lokna (Serbo-Croatian): curl, lock

Definitions

  1. curl, lock

Ancestry of “lokna”, step by step

lokna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German locke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlockeinflection of locken: ## first-person singular...
2GermanLock
3Middle High Germanloc
4Old High Germanloc
5Proto-Germaniclukkazlock; curl
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlugnó-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter

via Serbo-Croatian de:Locke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiande:Locke
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European lugnó-Every word from Proto-Germanic lukkaz