Where does “lut” come from?
lut (Middle French) comes from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
Ancestry of “lut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | leüt | — |
| 2 | Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 3 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 4 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 5 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 6 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 7 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 8 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |