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Where does “umlaute” come from?

umlaute (English) comes from German Umlaute, from German Laute, from Middle High German lūte, from Italian liuto, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

umlaute (English): plural of umlaut

Definitions

  1. plural of umlaut

Ancestry of “umlaute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUmlauteplural of Umlaut
2GermanLautelute; plural of Laut
3Middle High Germanlūte—
4Italianliutolute
5Middle Frenchlut—
6Old Frenchleüt—
7Occitanlaütlute
8Old Occitanlaütlute
9Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
10Arabicعَادَto return, go back
11Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
12PersianیاAPI •; or; either
13Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
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