Middle English word belouken comes from Proto-Indo-European *lewg-, Old English butan (Except for, but, unless Without, except.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*lewg- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
butan | Old English (ang) | Except for, but, unless Without, except. |
*leukaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To pluck; pull up. |
lūcan | Old English (ang) | |
lucan | Old English (ang) | To lock. |
belūcan | Old English (ang) | |
belucan | Old English (ang) | To end, stop, bring or come to an end, close, conclude.. To lock up, shut up a place, shut out, confine to a limit. |
bilouken | Middle English (enm) |