| Iran | lakkah-dàr | spotted |
| Arabic | làkh | spot |
| Cymric | lle, llecyn | id. |
| Germ. | lege | id. |
| Roman. | alac | blond |
| Roman. | alaci | variegated |
| Anc.Greek | alopekía | baldness |
| Anc.Greek | alopèx | "fox" (= prob. the badger with a white forehead) |
| Sbc. | Slioka | speck |
| Prussian | lauxnos | star |
| Lith. | slãkas | spot |
| Lith. | laukas | spotted |
| Lith. | laukys | Coot, 138 |
| Lettish | laucis | Coot, 138; horse or cow with white forehead |
| Prov.: Marseille | plaucado | (prosth. /p/) mark, FEW 23: 188 |
| Germ. reg. | pläckelspecht | (prosth. /p/) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 273 |
| Germ. reg. | fleckspecht | (prosth. /f/) Great Spotted Woodpecker, 273 |
| Engl.reg. | fleck | speck; freckle |
| Engl.reg. | flackie, snow fleck, flax-finch | Brambling, 433 |
| Alb. | lacan | white (billy goat) |
| Hindi | Lakshmi | (myth.) the Beauty (born in a sea of milk) |
| Lat. | lac, lactis | milk |
| Roman. | lapte | id. |
| Ital. | latte | id. |
| Esp. | leche | id. |
| Franç. | laiton | brass, a light yellos metal (Arabic latun is a borrowing) |
| Ital. | ottone | brass |