Talk:look

Spanish

What about the Spanish word "look", as in the slogan for Tequila Antiguo de Casa Herradura, which is "El Nuevo look del Auténtico Antiguo"? I guess it is a borrowing of the English word. Nurg 09:58, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I've listed it at Wiktionary:Requested entries:Spanish#L. Hopefully a Spanish-speaking editor will see it there and add it. :-)   —Ruakh_TALK 12:14, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Pronunciation

Dear editors, are you sure that 'look' sounds /lʌk/ not /lʊk/? --180.169.134.84 15:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Possible Cognates

I came across this in the etymology for "получить":

то же, др.-прусск. laukīt «искать»; с другой ступенью чередования гласного: лит. lūkiù, lūkė́ti «поджидать», латышск. lũkât «глядеть, пытаться», nùolũks «цель, намерение», др.-инд. lṓсаtē «видит, замечает», lōсаnаm «глаз», греч. λεύσσω «вижу, замечаю» J'odore (talk)

The problem is that Proto-Germanic "k" would have to have come from Proto-Indo-European "g". I suppose Proto-Germanic might have borrowed it from a neighboring Indo-European language, but I don't know enough about when or how such things happened to say whether it would be plausible or not. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:29, 5 August 2016 (UTC)

"Looks to" + verb

When did people start to use constructions like "looks to be" instead of "looks like it is" or "looks as though it is"? For example, "the fin whale is female, 13 metres long and looks to weigh about 13 tonnes" here. Eric Kvaalen (talk) 06:39, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

look down one's nose

Is look down used in look down one's nose? or is it down (one's) nose? or are rather both look down one's nose and down (one's) nose used in look down one's nose?

down (one's) nose
In a haughty or snobbish manner (typically because one regards oneself as superior to others).
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/down+one%27s+nose

--Backinstadiums (talk) 09:47, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

not know which way to look

To not know how to behave in an embarrassing or uncomfortable situation --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:39, 13 February 2021 (UTC)