lof
Middle English
/lɔf/, /lɔːf/, /loːf/
noun
Definitions
- praise, glory
- price, value
- reputation, honour
Etymology
Inherited from Old English lof (praise, glory, repute, song of praise, hymn) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lubą (praise, permission).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lubą
Gloss
praise, permission
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- catloaf English
- fleshloaf English
- liverloaf English
- loaf English
- loaflike English
- loave English
- loff English
- meatloaf English
- *lewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *hlaibaz Proto-Germanic
- *lubą Proto-Germanic
- Hlafhus Old English
- hlaford Old English
- hlafæta Old English
- hlāf Old English
- lof Old English
- lofdæd Old English
- lofe Middle English
- suger lof Middle English
- sugre Middle English
- lof Old Norse
- lob Old High German
- lofa Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lof Old Dutch
- *lupa Proto-Finnic
- lohpi Northern Sami
- ļoob Marshallese