Silbentrennung
luke·warmTürkische aussprache
lukwôrmSynonyme
tepid,
blood-warm,
milk-warm,
warm,
warmish,
apathetic,
chilly,
cold,
cool,
halfhearted,
hesitant,
indecisive,
irresolute,
phlegmatic,
uncertainAussprache
/ˈlo͞okˈwôrm/ /ˈluːkˈwɔːrm/
Etymologie
[ 'lük-'worm ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Middle English lukewarme (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”), from Old English hlēow (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hliumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *k'al(w)e-, *k'el(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish & Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), Swedish dialectal ljunken (“lukwarm”).