Where does “لفت” come from?
لفت (Persian) comes from Hindi लिफ़्ट, from British English lift, from French lift, from English lift, from Middle English lifte, from Old English lyft, from Proto-West Germanic luftu, from Proto-Germanic luftuz — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...
لفت (Persian): lift UK, elevator US
Definitions
- lift UK, elevator US
Ancestry of “لفت”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | लिफ़्ट | lift, elevator mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people |
| 2 | British English | lift | — |
| 3 | French | lift | lift attendant UK, elevator attendant US |
| 4 | English | lift | To raise or rise; To steal; To source directly... |
| 5 | Middle English | lifte | — |
| 6 | Old English | lyft | air, atmosphere; the sky |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | luftu | roof; air |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | luftuz | roof; roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewp- | peel, break off; to flake off, peel, damage; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | lew- | dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to... |