Dutch word luik comes from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (To close, to shut.), Proto-Germanic *leukaną (To pluck; pull up.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*lūkaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To close, to shut. |
*leukaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To pluck; pull up. |
*lūkan | Old Dutch (odt) | |
*lukan | Old Dutch (odt) | To close, shut. |
*lūken | Old Dutch (odt) | |
luken | Middle Dutch (dum) | (intransitive) to close, to become closed. (transitive) to close, to shut. |
luiken | Dutch (nld) | (obsolete) to close, to shut. |
luke | Middle Dutch (dum) | |
luik | Dutch (nld) | (arts) panel, as in a triptych. (figuratively) first-rank section, part (of few), e.g. chapter of a plan. Hatch. Shutter. |