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Where does “lútur” come from?

lútur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lúta, from Danish lut, from Middle Low German lute, from Italian liuto, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

lútur (Icelandic): lye; base, alkali; indefinite...

Definitions

  1. lye; base, alkali; indefinite...

Ancestry of “lútur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclútabow; submit to; lute
2Danishlutlute
3Middle Low GermanluteA lute
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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