köken: Variant of dialectal berniz, from Medieval Latin vernicem (“sandarac, resin”) from veronicem, from Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek βερενίκιον (bereníkion, “soda”), βερονίκιον (beroníkion), from Βερενίκη (Bereníkē). Cognate with English varnish.
trough, wooden vessel · shell of a tortoise; also metaphorical.
köken: A contraction of لاوک (lâvak, “kneading trough”), derived with a l < n sound change from Old Iranian *nāwaka-, a diminutive of Proto-Iranian *náHuš (“boat”); doublet of ناوک (nâvak, “hopper or feeder of a mill; a small boat”) and ناوه (nâve, “kneading trough; a small boat”). Cognate with Mazanderani [script needed] (lɔk, “kneading trough”).
köken: Either deverbal from lakierować or from English lacquer, from French lacque, from Portuguese laca, lacca, from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā).