Where does “leut” come from?

leut (Middle French) comes from Old French leut, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

leut (Middle French): lute, stringed instrument with a wide corpus

Definitions

  1. lute, stringed instrument with a wide corpus

Ancestry of “leut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchleutlute
2Old Occitanlaütlute
3Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
4Arabicعَادَto return, go back
5Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
6PersianیاAPI •; or; either
7Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →