An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/locker

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry locker.

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2525918An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — lockerJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

locker, adjective, ‘loose, spongy, dissolute,’ first occurs in early Modern High German with the Middle High German variant loger; in Upper German lucke, lücke (now luck); from the same root as Lücke (Teutonic root lug).