laukur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaz), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”) and German Lauch (“leek, allium”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈløyːkʏr/
    Rhymes: -øyːkʏr

Noun

laukur m (genitive singular lauks, nominative plural laukar)

  1. onion, leek, garlic
  2. a bulb
  3. the best of something (probably where the intensifying prefix lauk- comes from)[1]
    Laukur ættarinnar.
    The best of the family.
    Stíga í laukana.
    To live in good fortune.

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Icelandic Web of Science: Hvaðan á orðatiltækið laukrétt uppruna sinn? (“Where does the expression laukréttur come from?”)
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