lacu

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See also: lāču

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

lacū

  1. ablative singular of lacus

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō, from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną (to water, wet, irrigate, drain), causative of Proto-Germanic *lekaną (to leak, drain), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (to leak).

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 riverbed), which could also be borrowed from lacus (lake, basin, tank). More at leak.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lacu f

  1. pool, pond
  2. expanse of water, lake
  3. stream, watercourse

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: lake

References[edit]

  1. ^ lake, n.3.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2021.

Further reading[edit]

Sakizaya[edit]

Noun[edit]

lacu

  1. ammunition

Sicilian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (lake, pool).

Noun[edit]

lacu m

  1. lake