luiken etymology

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.)

Detailed word origin of luiken

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*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.

Words with the same origin as luiken

Descendants of *leug
berglook drieluik kattenluik knoflook loch log loggat lok look luik luxe luxeappartement luxeartikel luxeauto luxegoederen luxepaard luxetrein luxewagen luxueus moeslook ontluiken rolluik schutlog valluik
Descendants of *lūǵ-
doorgeefluik tweeluik
Descendants of *lew-
afloop belofte geliefd gelofte lief liefhebben lieverd lift lodge lof lokaas lokken loods loof loop loopbaan loopjongen lopen loper lucht verloofde verloop verloving