From the same source as the verbaut “to put on (shoes):”Proto-Baltic*autlā- (withtl >kl), fromProto-Indo-European*ow- “to tie, to bind” with an extra nominalizing suffix*-tlo, used to derive names of tools or weapons relating to the action described by the original stem (i.e., the original meaning ofaukla was probably “thing for binding, tying (with)”). Cognates includeLithuanianaũklas “(primitive) shoe laces,” “(primitive) shoes,”aũklė “(primitive) shoe laces,” “rope,” “sock without soles,”Old Prussianauclo ([auklo]) “bridle without bit.”^[1]

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aukla f (4th declension)

1. string,cord,line,lace(long,usuallythin,braiding ofvegetable orplasticfilaments,used fortying orbinding)

   tieva, resnaaukla ―thin, thickstring,cord

   linuaukla ―flaxstring

   papīraaukla ―paperstring

   kapronaaukla ―nylonstring,cord

   kaņepājuaukla ―hemprope

   pātagasaukla ―whiprope

   kurpjuauklas ―shoelaces

   makšķeresaukla ―fishingline

   pārsiet saini arauklu ―to tie a bundle with astring,rope

   vītauklu ―to make (lit. twist, wreathe) astring

   sasiet kurpjuauklas ―to tie the shoelaces

   es turu ciet maisu un tveru pēcauklas, ar ko aizsiet ―I keep the bag closed and reach for thestrings to close it

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