Loki

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Norse Loki, where further etymology is shown. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈləʊki/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈloʊki/ Homophone: low-key (in some pronunciations) Rhymes: -əʊki === Proper noun === Loki (Norse mythology) The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Ilok, kilo, kilo- == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse Loki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɔːcɪ] Rhymes: -ɔːcɪ Homophone: loki === Proper noun === Loki m (proper noun, genitive singular Loka) (Norse mythology) Loki (Norse god) a male given name ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === Some suggest Loki's original name was Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”) (from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), cognate with Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”)), as he is the god of mischief, or Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”), if he was viewed as being connected with fire. In popular folk etymology, often assumed to be a variant of Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”) (from Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”); compare Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”)), but this is not linguistically sound. Now seen as from Old Norse lok (“lock”), equivalent to lok +‎ -i, from Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), connecting his name to entanglement. Loki may have originated as an epithet or title ("Entangler"), similar to Freyr ("Lord") for Yngvi, as evidenced by the Jötunn Útgarða-Loki featuring the same element. === Pronunciation === (12th Century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈlo.kɪ/ === Proper noun === Loki m (oblique Loka) Loki (Norse god) ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with Logi (Norse Jötunn of Fire). ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Loki Faroese: Loki Norwegian: Loke (Lòkje) Swedish: Locke, → Loke (learned) → Danish: Loke (learned) → English: Loki === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Old Norse Loki. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.ki/ Rhymes: -ɔki Syllabification: Lo‧ki Homophone: loki === Proper noun === Loki m pers (Norse mythology) Loki (the god of mischief and trickery) Hypernyms: bóg, bóstwo ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Loki”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Loki m (Norse mythology) Loki