lycka.
joy, happiness
Meaning & usage
joy, happiness
luck, (good) fortune
a small farm field
a loop (of string)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle Low German lucke, gelucke. According to the OED, it may be related to the source of English lock (compare Proto-Germanic *lūkaną (“to close, to shut”)). Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lykke, and Norwegian Nynorsk lukke f. Compare also English luck, German Glück, Yiddish גליק (glik), West Frisian gelok, Dutch and Afrikaans geluk, Saramaccan and Sranan Tongo koloku.
to close (a door, gate, or the like)
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse lykja (preterit lukta), from Proto-Germanic *lukjaną (“to close, shut”).
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