Etymograph

English

loke

Loke comes from Old English loca ‘a bar, bolt’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend, turn’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘to bend, turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lukôreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150loca‘a bar, bolt’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500loke
  5. Englishtodayloke

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewg-‘to bend, turn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lukôreconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150loca‘a bar, bolt’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500loke
  5. Englishtodayloke

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend, turn’

lock, reluctant, reluctance, leek, 16 more

Today it means

noun The wicket or hatch of a door.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewg- / loke

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