leek

(Engels)

1. A vegetable of variety Allium ampeloprasum, having edible leaves and an onion-like bulb but with a milder flavour than the onion.
2. Any of several species of Allium, broadly resembling the domesticated plant in appearance in the wild.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/liːk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: leke

Overgenomen van Oudengels: lēac

Verwant aan Nederlands: look

Verwant aan Duits: Lauch

Verwant aan Deens: løg

Verwant aan Zweeds: lök

Verwant aan IJslands: laukur

In summary

From Middle English leke, leek, lek, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *lauką *laukaz (“leek, onion”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend”).
Cognate with Dutch look (“garlic, leek”), German Low German Look (“leek”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”), Danish løg (“onion”), Swedish lök (“onion”), Icelandic laukur (“onion, leek, garlic”). See garlic.

Concepten

prei

look

porrei

Synoniemen

scallion

Allium porrum

see

👀

green onion

wart

wild

shallot

look

Vertalingen

poireau

πράσο

Lauch

puerro

Porree

porro

porro

porreau

por

pırasa

alho-porro

porrum

كراث

alho-poró

porrée