Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *lVwḳV

Meaning: corner, bend

Indo-European: *lek(')h-

Altaic: *làk`ù

Uralic: *lowkkV

References: ND 1291 *l̄owḲV 'hole, opening' (Ural. + Alt., confused with *luḳV); ND 1589 *ń[ow/Ha]Ḳi 'to bend, be crooked' (same Alt. (Mong.) + Drav. from *lukV + FP *ńokke 'crooked, bent' - hardly a valid root).

Indo-European etymology :

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *làk`ù

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to bend, hang, hanger

Russian meaning: нагибать, вешать, вешалка

Mongolian: *naki-

Tungus-Manchu: *laxu-

Korean: *náks

Japanese: *nuki

Comments: The original meaning was probably 'hook or (bent) stick for hanging smth.', which can well explain all the available reflexes. It is also possible to reconstruct a derivative *làk`ù-čV 'smth. bent, curved' reflected in MKor. náks ( < *nák-č) and Evk. laku-ča.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *naki-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to bend

Russian meaning: сгибать, наклонять

Written Mongolian: naki- (L 561)

Khalkha: naxij-

Buriat: naxī-

Kalmuck: nakī-

Comments: KW 270.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *laxu-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to hang 2 hanger, cross-beam (for hanging) 3 harpoon rudder 4 harpoon point

Russian meaning: 1 вешать, подвешивать 2 вешалка, козлы (для вешания) 3 руль плавающего гарпуна 4 наконечник гарпуна

Evenki: laku-ča 'loop'

Spoken Manchu: ĺaki- 'to hang, to dangle' (1646)

Literary Manchu: laḱa- 1, laḱaqu 2

Ulcha: laχụ 3

Orok: lāχụ 4

Comments: ТМС 1, 488, 501-502. The root should be distinguished from *loka- (v. sub *lúke).

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *náks

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: hook

Russian meaning: крюк

Modern Korean: nak:si

Middle Korean: náks

Comments: Nam 94, KED 298.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *nuki

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: cross-beam

Russian meaning: балка, поперечная рейка

Middle Japanese: nuki

Tokyo: nuki

Comments: Usually analysed as a deverbative from *núk- 'to pass through' - but external evidence shows that this is rather a folk etymology.

Uralic etymology :

Number: 499

Proto: *lowkkV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: hole, opening

German meaning: Loch, Ӧffnung, Höhle

Finnish: loukka, loukas (gen. loukkaan) 'Schlupfwinkel', loukku 'Spalte, Höhle', loukko 'Ecke, Winkel, Versteck, Höhle', ? laukku 'Öffnung, Loch', ? liukku 'Schneehöhle' ( > Saam. N loaw'ko -wk- 'corner in a room')

Estonian: lõugas (gen. lõuka) 'gemauerte Seite des Aschenloches vor der Ofenmündung'

Mari (Cheremis): lǝ̑k (KB), luk (U) 'Ecke, Hausecke', luk (B) 'Innenecke'

Khanty (Ostyak): (ĺök (V) 'Ecke, Winkel' - rejected by Redei)

Hungarian: lyuk (dial. gyuk, juk, lik, luk) 'Loch; Höhle' ?

Nenets (Yurak): loχeʔ (O) 'Winkel' ? [if not < Khanty]

Addenda: Kar. loukko 'Öffnung, Loch, Höhle'; Ne uxu?

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