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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/luftuz
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
- roof
- roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky
- atmosphere
- air
Inflection
u-stemDeclension of *luftuz (u-stem) | |||
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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
- Middle English: luft, 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
- Low German: lucht, luft, Luft
- Middle Low German: lucht
- Old Dutch: *luft
- Middle Dutch: lucht, locht
- Dutch: lucht
- West Frisian: lucht
- Dutch: lucht
- Middle Dutch: lucht, locht
- 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)
- German: Luft
- Middle High German: luft; lucht
- 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
- Middle English: lofte
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (luftus)