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Where does “Laute” come from?

Laute (German) comes from Middle High German lūte, 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}}.

Laute (German): lute; plural of Laut

Definitions

  1. lute; plural of Laut

Ancestry of “Laute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlūte—
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}}

Words derived from “Laute”

  • umlaute
  • Umlaute
  • лаута
  • lauta
Every word from Arabic يَا →