Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/3
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe action of looking; an attempt to see. · Physical appearance, visual impression. · A facial expression.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn Old English lōcian Middle English loken English look From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken. Likely also related to German lugen (“to peek”), Alemannic German luege (“to look”), Yiddish לוגן (lugn).
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