luft

Faroese

[lʊft]

noun

Definitions

air
atmosphere, sky

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lucht derived from Old Saxon luft derived from *luftu.

Origin

*luftu

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Luft German
lukt Norwegian Bokmål
*luftuz Proto-Germanic
lukt Swedish
luft Norwegian Nynorsk
lyft Old English
lukt Old Norse
lugt Danish
luft Old High German
*luftu gmw-pro
*luft Old Dutch
lucht Middle Low German
luft Middle Low German
luft Old Saxon
lakt Westrobothnian
luft Old Frisian