The English noun "luck" appears comparatively late, during the 1480s, as a loan from Low German, Dutch or Frisian "luk", a short form of "gelucke" (Middle High German "gelücke"). Compare to old Slavic word "lukyj" ("лукый") - "appointed by destiny" and old Russian "luchaj" ("лучаи") - "destiny, fortune". It likely entered English as a gambling term, and the context of gambling remains detectable in the word's connotations; luck is a way of understanding a personal chance event. Luck has three aspects: