Leek
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See also: leek
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps of pre-Anglo-Saxon (non-Old English) origin and instead from Celtic; compare Welsh llech and Irish leac (“stone”), both from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā.[1] Recorded as Lec in 1086 (DB).
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Leek
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856).
References[edit]
- ^ Duignan, W. H. (1902). Notes on Staffordshire Place Names. United Kingdom: H. Frowde, p. 91
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested as dye leeck in 1495. Derived from Old Frisian leke (“natural watercourse”). Originally a hydronym.
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Leek n
- A village and former municipality of Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Koetsenburg (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “leek4”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately cognate to German Laich.
Noun[edit]
Leek m
- (Low Prussian) spawn (eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms)
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- nl:Villages in Groningen, Netherlands
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