Where does “luit” come from?
luit (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch lute, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
luit (Dutch): lute; lieutenant
Definitions
- lute; lieutenant
Ancestry of “luit”, step by step
luit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch lute
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | lute | lute |
| 2 | Old French | leüt | — |
| 3 | Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 4 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 5 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 6 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 7 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 8 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 9 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
via Dutch luitenant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | luitenant | lieutenant |
| 2 | French | lieutenant | lieutenant |
| 3 | French | lieu | place; any of several fish from the Pollachius... |
| 4 | Middle French | lieu | place |
| 5 | Old French | leu | wolf; place |
| 6 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 7 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |