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Old English · noun

lacu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈlɑ.ku/
Syllables
ˈlɑ · ku (2 syllables)
Modern English
lakepondpoolexpansewatercourse

Meaning

  1. pool, pond

  2. expanse of water, lake

  3. stream, watercourse

Declension

Declension of lacu
SingularPlural
Nominative laculacalace
Accusative lacelacalace
Genitive lacelaca
Dative lacelacum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“drainage, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”). Related to Proto-Germanic *lakjaną (“to water, wet, irrigate, drain”), causative of *lekaną (“to leak, drain”). Cognate with Old Saxon laca (in placenames, “lake, stream, brook”), Old Norse lækr (“slow flowing stream”), Old English leċċan (“to make wet, moisten”), Old Norse leka (“to drip, leak”). Maybe related to Old High German lacha (“pool, water collected in a ditch, swamp”), Middle Dutch lāke (“pond, lake, stream, brook”), Middle Low German lāke (“water pooled in a riv…

Descendants

lake

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