Where does “lūre” come from?

lūre (German) comes from Danish lur, from Old Norse lúðr, from Proto-Germanic *lawwō — groove.

lūre (German): lur

Definitions

  1. lur

Ancestry of “lūre”, step by step

lūre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish lur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlur—
2Old Norselúðrlur, trompet, horn; the stand of a hand-mill; a...
3Proto-Germanic*lawwōgroove

via Middle High German lūre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlūre—
2Latin[[lōra]]/[[lōrea]]—

Words derived from “lūre”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *lawwō →Every word from Old Norse lúðr →Every word from Danish lur →