Where does “lotchet” come from?

lotchet (Walloon) comes 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.

lotchet (Walloon): lock; goatee

Definitions

  1. lock; goatee

Ancestry of “lotchet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanloc—
2Proto-Germaniclukkazlock; curl
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlugnó-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lugnó- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lukkaz →