louk

Meanings

Verb

• To weed; pull up weeds.
• Alternative of lock

Noun

• An accomplice; partner; comrade.

Origin

• From Middle English louken, lowken, from Old English lūcan ("to pluck out, pull up"), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną, *leukaną, from Proto-Indo-European *lūǵ- ("to break"). Cognate with Middle Low German lūken ("to pull, pull up"), German liechen ("to pluck"), Danish luge ("to hatch"), Latin luctor ("wrestle, fight").
• From Middle English louken, from Old English lūcan ("to close, lock"), from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną ("to close, lock"), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ("to bend, turn"). More at lock.
• From Middle English louk, louke, loke, of uncertain origin.