Where does “louf” come from?

louf (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic hlaupą, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

Ancestry of “louf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichlaupąleap; course, race
2Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “louf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupą →