leek

(Angielski)

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.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/liːk/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: leke

Dziedziczone z staroangielski: lēac

Pokrewny z niderlandzki: look

Pokrewny z niemiecki: Lauch

Pokrewny z duński: løg

Pokrewny z szwedzki: lök

Pokrewny z islandzki: 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.

Koncepcje

por

pora

Synonimy

scallion

Allium porrum

see

👀

green onion

wart

wild

shallot

look