English
lakelore
From lake + lore.
Proto-Indo-European *leys- ‘to trace, to track’
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Proto-Germanic *laizō ‘teaching’
Proto-West Germanic *laiʀu
Old English lār ‘teaching, learning, education’
Middle English lore ‘Education or teaching’
English lore
Today it means
noun The knowledge of local conditions on a lake; the traditions and customs of life on a lake; the history of life on a lake.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lakelore