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