Traditionally forestry provided the main income for local inhabitants and it still plays an important role.

The name Loški Potok was originally a hydronym, derived from the adjective form of log '(swampy) meadow' + potok 'stream', thus literally meaning 'stream in a (swampy) meadow'.

This probably refers to the level area south of Travnik, where there is a creek with the same name.

The name was attested in written sources as Laserbach, Loserbach, and Lasserbach in 1763–1787.

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