Lauch

Concepts

leek

onion

🧅

garlic

🧄

Welsh onion

wild rocambole

Lauch

green onion

spring onion

Synonyms

Knoblauch

🧄

Porree

Zwiebel

🧅

Winterlauch

Aschlauch

Porre

Welschzwiebel

Spanischer Lauch

Gemeiner Lauch

Breitlauch

Fleischlauch

Schnittlauch

Frühlingszwiebeln

Poree

Translations

poireau

puerro

porro

πράσο

prei

pırasa

look

knoflook

🧄

porrum

alho-porro

all

🧄

porreau

alium

allium

Pronounced as (IPA)

[laʊ̯χ]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: louch

Inherited from Old High German: louh

Cognate with Low German: Look

Cognate with Dutch: look

Cognate with English: leek

Cognate with Danish: løg

Cognate with Swedish: lök

In summary

From Middle High German louch, from Old High German louh, from Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Compare Low German Look, Dutch look, English leek, Danish løg, Swedish lök.