Where does “lafen” come from?

lafen (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German hloufan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

lafen (Luxembourgish): to run; to flow, to run, to follow a course; to...

Definitions

  1. to run; to flow, to run, to follow a course; to...

Ancestry of “lafen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhloufan—
2Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
3Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “lafen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan →