Etymograph

English

locklet

From lock + -let.

Formed from lock + -let

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Today it means

noun A little lock of hair.

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

Etymograph / locklet