Etymology, and alternative names

The etymology of the name Loki has been extensively debated. The name has at times been
associated with the Old Norse word logi ('flame'), but there seems not to be a sound linguistic basis
for this. Rather, the later Scandinavian variants of the name (such as Faroese Lokki,
Danish Lokkemand, Norwegian Loke and Lokke, Swedish Luki and Luku, along with Finnish Lukki)
point to an origin in the Germanic root *luk-, which denoted things to do with loops (like knots, hooks,
closed-off rooms, and locks). This corresponds with usages such as the
Faroese Lokkanet ('cobweb', literally 'Lokke's web') and
Faroese lokki~grindalokki~grindalokkur ('daddy-long-legs', associated in pre-modern folk-taxonomy
with spiders). Some Eastern Swedish traditions referring to the same figure use forms in n-
like Nokk(e), but this corresponds to the *luk- etymology insofar as those dialects consistently used a
different root, Germanic *hnuk-, in contexts where western varieties used *luk-: "nokke corresponds
to nøkkel" ('key' in Eastern Scandinavian) "as loki~lokke to lykil" ('key' in Western Scandinavian).
[1]
 While it has been suggested that this association with closing could point to Loki's apocalyptic role
at Ragnarök,[2] "there is quite a bit of evidence that Loki in premodern society was thought to be the
causer of knots/tangles/loops, or himself a knot/tangle/loop. Hence, it is natural that Loki is the
inventor of the fishnet, which consists of loops and knots, and that the
word loki (lokke, lokki, loke, luki) is a term for makers of cobwebs: spiders and the like."[3] Though not
prominent in the oldest sources, this identity as a "tangler" may be the etymological meaning of
Loki's name.