Leek

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps of pre-Anglo-Saxon (non-Old English) origin and instead from Celtic; compare Welsh llech and Irish leac (“stone”), both from Proto-Celtic *ɸlikkā. Recorded as Lec in 1086 (DB). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /liːk/ === Proper noun === Leek A town and civil parish with a town council in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9856). A village and former municipality in Groningen province, Netherlands. A surname. === References === === Anagrams === Kele, elke, keel, lekë == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as dye leeck in 1495. Derived from Old Frisian leke (“natural watercourse”). Originally a hydronym. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /leːk/ Hyphenation: Leek Rhymes: -eːk Homophone: leek === Proper noun === Leek n a village and former municipality of Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands Synonym: Koetsenburg (Carnival nickname) ==== Derived terms ==== Leekster Leekstermeer === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “leek4”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute == Low German == === Etymology === Ultimately cognate to German Laich. === Noun === Leek m (Low Prussian) spawn (eggs laid in the water by aquatic organisms)