Where does “laf” come from?

laf (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German loup, from Proto-West Germanic laub, from Proto-Germanic laubą, from Proto-Indo-European lewp-, from Proto-Indo-European lew- — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

laf (Luxembourgish): second-person singular imperative of lafen

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of lafen

Ancestry of “laf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanloupleaves
2Proto-West Germaniclaubleaf; foliage
3Proto-Germaniclaubąleaf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

Words derived from “laf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laubą →