Loki
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊki/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈloʊki/
- Homophone: low-key (in some pronunciations)
- Rhymes: -əʊki
Proper noun
Loki
- (Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world.
Translations
Anagrams
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Loki m
- (Norse mythology) Loki (Norse god)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Loki | ||||
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m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | Loki | Lokinn | Lokar | Lokarnir |
accusative | Loka | Lokann | Loka | Lokana |
dative | Loka | Lokanum | Lokum | Lokunum |
genitive | Loka | Lokans | Loka | Lokanna |
Old Norse
Etymology
In popular folk etymology, often assumed to be a variant of Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”) (from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”); compare Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”)), but this is not linguistically sound. Now seen as from Old Norse lok (“lock”), equivalent to lok + -i, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), connecting his name to entanglement.
Loki may have originated as an epithet or title ("Entangler"), similar to Freyr ("Lord") for Yngvi, as evidenced by the Jötunn Útgarða-Loki featuring the same element. Some suggest his original name was Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), cognate with Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”)), as he is the god of mischief, or Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- which relates to how he is speculated to have been worshiped.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Loki m (oblique Loka)
- Loki (Norse god)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with Logi (Norse Jötunn of Fire).
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: Loki
- Faroese: Loki
- Norwegian: Loke (Lòkje)
- Swedish: Locke, → Loke
- Danish: Loke
- → English: Loki
References
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Loki.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Loki m pers
Declension
Further reading
- Loki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Loki m
- English terms borrowed from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- Rhymes:English/əʊki
- Rhymes:English/əʊki/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Norse mythology
- en:Gods
- en:Norse deities
- en:Shapeshifters
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːcɪ
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔːcɪ/2 syllables
- Icelandic terms with homophones
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- is:Norse mythology
- Icelandic given names
- Icelandic male given names
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms suffixed with -i
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- non:Gods
- non:Norse mythology
- Old Norse masculine an-stem nouns
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Polish learned borrowings from Old Norse
- Polish terms derived from Old Norse
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔki
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔki/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- pl:Norse mythology
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Norse deities
- pl:Shapeshifters
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Norse mythology