Where does “lakan” come from?

lakan (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish lakan, from Old Norse lak, from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic lakaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- — to be slack; be limp; droop; sag.

lakan (Swedish): sheet; 1000 SEK or equal amount of other...

Definitions

  1. sheet; 1000 SEK or equal amount of other...

Ancestry of “lakan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishlakan—
2Old Norselak—
3Middle Low Germanlāken—
4Old Saxonlakan—
5Proto-Germaniclakanąlinen; cloth; sheet
6Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂g-to be slack; be limp; droop; sag

Words derived from “lakan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lakaną →Every word from Old Saxon lakan →