"Loki" meaning in Old Norse

See Loki in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈlo.kɪ/ (note: 12th Century Icelandic) Forms: Loka [oblique], weak [table-tags], Loki [indefinite, nominative], Loka [accusative, indefinite], Loka [dative, indefinite], Loka [genitive, indefinite]
Etymology: 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. Some suggest his 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”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- which relates to how he is speculated to have been worshiped. Etymology templates: {{cog|non|logi||flame, blaze}} Old Norse logi (“flame, blaze”), {{der|non|gem-pro|*lugô||flame, blaze}} Proto-Germanic *lugô (“flame, blaze”), {{cog|non|leygr||flame, blaze}} Old Norse leygr (“flame, blaze”), {{der|non|gem-pro|*laugiz||flame, blaze}} Proto-Germanic *laugiz (“flame, blaze”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*leuk-||light; white; to shine}} Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (“light; white; to shine”), {{cog|non|lok||lock}} Old Norse lok (“lock”), {{suf|non|lok|-i}} lok + -i, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*luką||lock}} Proto-Germanic *luką (“lock”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*lewg-||to turn, bend}} Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to turn, bend”), {{cog|non|*logi||liar, deceiver}} Old Norse *logi (“liar, deceiver”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*lewgʰ-||to lie, tell a lie}} Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (“to lie, tell a lie”), {{cog|ang|loga||liar, deceiver}} Old English loga (“liar, deceiver”), {{cog|non|logi||fire, blaze}} Old Norse logi (“fire, blaze”), {{der|non|ine-pro|*leuk-}} Proto-Indo-European *leuk- Head templates: {{head|non|proper noun|oblique|Loka|g=m}} Loki m (oblique Loka) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-an|Lok|form=sing-indef}}, {{non-decl-blank-sing-indef|apd=Lokana|api=Loka|asd=Lokann|asi=Loka|dpd=Lokunum|dpi=Lokum|dsd=Lokanum|dsi=Loka|g=masculine|gpd=Lokanna|gpi=Loka|gsd=Lokans|gsi=Loka|notes=|npd=Lokarnir|npi=Lokar|nsd=Lokinn|nsi=Loki|stem=weak an-stem|title=Loki}}, {{non-decl-cell|Loki|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Loka|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Loka|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|Loka|gsi}}
  1. Loki (Norse god) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Gods, Norse mythology
    Sense id: en-Loki-non-name-2dAIpzJ5 Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Old Norse terms suffixed with -i

Inflected forms

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        "apd": "Lokana",
        "api": "Loka",
        "asd": "Lokann",
        "asi": "Loka",
        "dpd": "Lokunum",
        "dpi": "Lokum",
        "dsd": "Lokanum",
        "dsi": "Loka",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "Lokanna",
        "gpi": "Loka",
        "gsd": "Lokans",
        "gsi": "Loka",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "Lokarnir",
        "npi": "Lokar",
        "nsd": "Lokinn",
        "nsi": "Loki",
        "stem": "weak an-stem",
        "title": "Loki"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-sing-indef"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Loki",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Loka",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Loka",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Loka",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse masculine an-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse proper nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms suffixed with -i",
        "Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "non:Gods",
        "non:Norse mythology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Loki (Norse god)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Loki",
          "Loki#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlo.kɪ/",
      "note": "12th Century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Loki"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Norse dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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