An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Laken

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2507489An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — Laken1891John Francis Davis

​ Laken, m. and n., ‘sheet, shroud,’ ModHG. only, from LG. (OLG. lakan); in HG. prop. Lachen, MidHG. lachen, OHG. lahhan. Westphalia sent a great deal of linen (comp. Linnen) to South Germany, hence the LG. may have supplanted the HG. form. Allied to MidE. lake and ModHG. Leilach.

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