Etymology

See the discussion under lakked.

PGmc Ancestor

*lak-

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

cp. lakr (adj.) 'lacking, defective', mállaki (n.) ‘defect of the speech organs’
(ONP cp. lakr (adj.); mál-laki (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

cp. Far lakur, Icel lakur, Norw ilak, ODan illake, Sw elak

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

BBB2a

Attestation

The n. is widespread from the early fourteenth century onwards.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 1816

Bibliography

MED lak (n.), OED lack (n.1), Dance lakked, de Vries lakr, lákr, Mag. lakur, Orel *lakaz, Kroonen *lak(k)ôn, Heid. laka-