Where does “lōf” come from?

lōf (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic laubą, from Proto-Indo-European lewp-, from Proto-Indo-European lew- — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

Ancestry of “lōf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclaubąleaf
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewp-peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

Words derived from “lōf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laubą →