lakr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • lákr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laka-, related to *lak(k)ōn- (to blame, reproach), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-. Cognate with English lack.

Adjective

lakr

  1. lacking in quality
  2. deficient

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lakur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: låk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: låk
  • Old Swedish: *ælaker (always lacking)

References

  • lakr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “lak(k)on-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
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