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Where does “loutna” come from?

loutna (Czech) comes from Middle High German lûte, from Italian liuto, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

loutna (Czech): lute

Definitions

  1. lute

Ancestry of “loutna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlûte—
2Italianliutolute
3Middle Frenchlut—
4Old Frenchleüt—
5Occitanlaütlute
6Old Occitanlaütlute
7Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
8Arabicعَادَto return, go back
9Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
10PersianیاAPI •; or; either
11Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →