Where does “Laf” come from?

Laf (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German louf, from Proto-Germanic hlaupą, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

Laf (Luxembourgish): run, race; course; barrel

Definitions

  1. run, race; course; barrel

Ancestry of “Laf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlouf—
2Proto-Germanichlaupąleap; course, race
3Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupą →
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