köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lukъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *laukaz (compare German Lauch, English leek, Old Norse laukr whence Danish løg and Swedish lök). Cognates include Polabian lauk, Bulgarian лук (luk) and Slovene and Serbo-Croatian luk.
aile: лу́ковица, лук, от семи́ неду́г, го́ре лу́ковое
köken: Akin to Hebrew בָּצָל (bāṣā́l), Phoenician 𐤁𐤑𐤋 (bṣl), Aramaic בּוּצְלָא (būṣlā), Classical Syriac ܒܶܨܠܳܐ (beṣlā), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩮𐩡 (bṣl), Mehri béṣál, Shehri béṣál, Soqotri biṣle. With a sound change it is also found in Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒊒 (bisru, bišru; biṣru, “leek, a plant or bulb covered in a skin”), a variation influenced or conflated with Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒀸 (biṣrum, “container, pouch, wrapping”),…
köken: From Middle Dutch oinjun, ayuun, ejuun, from Old French oignon (“onion”). See also Dutch ui (“onion”) and rams (“ramson; now only in place names”).
köken: From 玉(たま) (tama, “ball”) + 葱(ねぎ) (negi, “scallion, green onion”), literally “ball scallion”. Note that in Japanese, 葱 (green onion) is the more basic term from which “onion” is derived, while in English it is the reverse – “onion” is basic, while “green onion” is derived from it, reflecting the different importance in cuisine (葱 is more basic to Japanese cuisine, onion is more basic to English…
köken: Borrowed from Marathi कांदा (kāndā), from Old Marathi कांदा (kāṃdā), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀤 (kaṃda), from Sanskrit कन्द (kanda). Doublet of कंद (kand).
From Old Norse laukr, from Proto-Norse ᛚᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ (laukaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Cognate with English leek, from Middle English, from Old English lēac (“a garden herb, leek, onion, garlic”), Danish løg, Swedish lök (“onion”), German Lauch (“leek, allium”) and Bulgarian лук (luk, “onion”).