[lōk], m. the world, people, folk.
[←OIA lōká- m. ‘free space, world’ RV., ‘space, territory’, ŚBr., ‘people’ Mn. <√ruc ‘shine’ ◀PIE *leuk- ‘bright, to shine; to see’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. light ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. illuminate, luminous, lunar, luster, lucid ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0968; (Turner, 1966) 11119, p.622; (MW, 1899) 0906; (Pokorny, 1959) 0687; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.481, 2.463
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