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English word lake comes from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₂gʷ-, New Latin logarithmus, Proto-Indo-European *leyg-, Proto-Germanic *laiko-, and later Proto-Germanic *lakaną (Linen; cloth; sheet.)
*(s)leh₂gʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)
logarithmus (New Latin)
*leyg- (Proto-Indo-European)
*laiko- (Proto-Germanic)
*lakaną (Proto-Germanic)
Linen; cloth; sheet.
*leǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to collect, to speak, to leak
*lacen (Old English)
*laikaz (Proto-Germanic)
*lekaną (Proto-Germanic)
(intransitive) To leak; seep; drip.
lāc (Old English)
lac (Old English)
Battle, strife. Gift, offering, sacrifice, booty; message. Play, sport.
*lakiz (Proto-Germanic)
lacu (Old English)
Expanse of water, lake. Pool, pond. Stream, watercourse.
lac (Middle English)
lake (English)
(obsolete) A kind of fine, white linen.