Dutch word luiken comes from Proto-Indo-European *leug, Proto-Indo-European *lūǵ-, Proto-Indo-European *lew-, and later Proto-Germanic *leukaną (To pluck; pull up.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*leug | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*lūǵ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to break |
*lew- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to cut, remove, prune, separate, to wash, to cut, to cut, separate, dissolve, to cut away, remove, prune |
*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. |