laak

Meaning

Noun

leech

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of laken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of laken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of laken:

laken

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

leech

Synonyms

bloedzuiger

echel

Translations

عَلَقَة

sangonera

Blutegel

Egel

βδέλλα

sangsue

sanguisuga

mignatta

arbijî

sanguisūga

hirūdō

sagnairòla

sanguessuga

sanguijuela

Pronounced as (IPA)

/laːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: lāke

Cognate with English: leech

In summary

From Middle Dutch lāke, lieke, leke (“blood sucking worm”), from a root shared with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Cognate with English leech.