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Where does “lucht” come from?

lucht (Irish) comes from Old Irish lucht, from Proto-Celtic luxtus — contents; people, crowd.

lucht (Irish): contents, charge; fill, capacity; cargo, load

Definitions

  1. contents, charge; fill, capacity; cargo, load

Ancestry of “lucht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishluchtcontents; cargo; complement, crew, vessel
2Proto-Celticluxtuscontents; people, crowd
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