Etymograph

English

laky

Laky comes from Middle English laky.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500laky
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1808same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500laky
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1808same form

Earliest quotation: 1808, Walter Scott, (please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter: “By bulwark, line, and battlement, And flanking towers, and…”

Formed from lake + -y

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English laky / laky