English word origin

Etymology of Loker

* As an English surname, variant of Luker. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Lokar, from the noun loka (“water meadow”), from Proto-Slavic *lǫka. Compare Locker.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

name

A surname.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* As an English surname, variant of Luker. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Lokar, from the noun loka (“water meadow”), from Proto-Slavic *lǫka. Compare Locker.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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Derivation mention*lǫkasla-pro

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗

name

A small village in Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Dutch Loker, from Middle Dutch Lokere (“fence”). Compare Dutch luiker (“to close, to shut”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Borrowed-form mentionLokernl
Derivation mentionLokeredum · fence

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