Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luftuz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luftuz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *lewp-, *lewb-, *lewbʰ- (“to peel, break off, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut away, remove, prune”).According to Kroonen (2013, 342), from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-tu-. This may be linked to Russian луб (lub, “bast”), Old Prussian lubbo (“bast, plank”) and therefore have an original meaning of "roof".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluɸ.tuz/

Noun

*luftuz m

1. roof
2. roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky
3. atmosphere
4. air

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *luftuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*luftuz	*luftiwiz
vocative	*luftu	*luftiwiz
accusative	*luftų	*luftunz
genitive	*luftauz	*luftiwǫ̂
dative	*luftiwi	*luftumaz
instrumental	*luftū	*luftumiz

Derived terms

• *luftijaną
• *luftīnaz

Related terms

• *lubją
• *luftą

Descendants

• Old English: lyft
  • Middle English: luft, lift
    • Scots: lift
    • English: lift
• Old Frisian: luft, lufte, *loft
  • Saterland Frisian: Luft
  • West Frisian: loft
• Old Saxon: luft
  • Middle Low German: lucht
    • Low German: lucht, luft, Luft
      • East Frisian Low Saxon: Loft
      • Plautdietsch:

        Volhynian: Lift

    • → Saterland Frisian: Lucht
    • → Faroese: luft
    • → Norwegian: luft
    • → Swedish: luft
    • → Danish: luft
• Old Dutch: *luft
  • Middle Dutch: lucht, locht
    • Dutch: lucht
      • West Frisian: lucht
• Old High German: luft; luht (northern)
  • Middle High German: luft; lucht
    • German: Luft
      • → English: luft
      • → Czech: luft
      • → Luxembourgish: Loft
    • East Central German:

      Lusatian: Luffd

    • Luxembourgish: Luucht, Lut
    • Pennsylvania German: Luft
    • Vilamovian: łöft
    • Yiddish: לופֿט‎ (luft)
• Old Norse: lopt
  • Icelandic: loft
  • Faroese: loft
  • Norwegian: loft
  • Old Swedish: lopt
    • Swedish: loft
  • Danish: loft
  • → Old English: loft
    • Middle English: lofte
      • Scots: loft, laft
      • English: loft
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (luftus)