*luftuz

Runic: ᛚᚢᚠᛏᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈluɸ.tuz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

roof
roof of the earth, firmament; heavens, sky
atmosphere
air

Etymology

According to Kroonen, from Proto-Indo-European *lubʰ-tu-s, from *lewbʰ- (‘to peel, break off, damage’) (whence also *laubą (‘leaf’)); this may be linked to Russian луб (lub, ‘bast’), Old Prussian lubbo (‘bast, plank’) and therefore have an original meaning of "roof (fashioned from peeled bark)". The Indo-European root has been taken as an extension of a root *lew- (‘to cut away, remove, prune’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	luftuz	luftiwiz
Acc.	luftų	luftunz
Gen.	luftauz	luftiwǫ̂
Dat.	luftiwi	luftumaz
Inst.	luftū	luftumiz
Voc.	luftu	luftiwiz

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Descendants

*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old Dutch)
  - lucht, locht (Middle Dutch)
    - lucht, lugt (Dutch)
      - lug (Afrikaans)
      - luch, luh (Javindo)
      - lœxt (Jersey Dutch)
      - loktu (Sranan Tongo)
      - lucht (West Frisian)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lyft, loft, lybt (Old English)
  - luft, lift (Middle English)
    - loft, lift (English)
    - luft, lift (Scots)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, lufte, *loft (Old Frisian)
  - Luft (Saterland Frisian)
  - loft (West Frisian)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old High German)
  - luft, lucht (Middle High German)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - Luft (Pennsylvania German)
    - לופֿט (luft) (Yiddish)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old High German)
  - luft, lucht (Middle High German)
    - Luft, Loft, Loff, Luucht, Luuch, Luht, Lueht (Central Franconian)
      - Luft (Hunsrik)
      - Luucht, Lut (Luxembourgish)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old High German)
  - luft, lucht (Middle High German)
    - Luft (German)
      - luft (Czech)
      - luft (English)
      - lëft (Kashubian)
      - Loft (Luxembourgish)
      - luft (Polish)
      - luft (Silesian)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old Saxon)
  - luft, lucht (Middle Low German)
    - luft, lugt (Danish)
    - luft, luktur (Faroese)
    - luft, lukt (Norwegian)
    - Lucht (Saterland Frisian)
    - luft, lukt (Swedish)
*luftu (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old Saxon)
  - luft, lucht (Middle Low German)
    - Lucht, Luft (Low German)
      - Loft (East Frisian Low Saxon)
      - ? (Plautdietsch)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old Dutch)
  - lucht, locht (Middle Dutch)
    - lucht, lugt (Dutch)
      - lug (Afrikaans)
      - luch, luh (Javindo)
      - lœxt (Jersey Dutch)
      - loktu (Sranan Tongo)
      - lucht (West Frisian)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- lyft, loft, lybt (Old English)
  - luft, lift (Middle English)
    - loft, lift (English)
    - luft, lift (Scots)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, lufte, *loft (Old Frisian)
  - Luft (Saterland Frisian)
  - loft (West Frisian)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old High German)
  - luft, lucht (Middle High German)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - Luft (Pennsylvania German)
    - לופֿט (luft) (Yiddish)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old High German)
  - luft, lucht (Middle High German)
    - Luft, Loft, Loff, Luucht, Luuch, Luht, Lueht (Central Franconian)
      - Luft (Hunsrik)
      - Luucht, Lut (Luxembourgish)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old High German)
  - luft, lucht (Middle High German)
    - Luft (German)
      - luft (Czech)
      - luft (English)
      - lëft (Kashubian)
      - Loft (Luxembourgish)
      - luft (Polish)
      - luft (Silesian)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old Saxon)
  - luft, lucht (Middle Low German)
    - luft, lugt (Danish)
    - luft, luktur (Faroese)
    - luft, lukt (Norwegian)
    - Lucht (Saterland Frisian)
    - luft, lukt (Swedish)
*lufti (Proto-West Germanic)
- luft, luht (Old Saxon)
  - luft, lucht (Middle Low German)
    - Lucht, Luft (Low German)
      - Loft (East Frisian Low Saxon)
      - ? (Plautdietsch)
lopt (Old Norse)
- loft, luft (Danish)
- loft (Faroese)
- loft (Icelandic)
- lochta, lafta, lofta, lota, lochda (Irish)
- loft (Norwegian)
- loft (Swedish)
lopt (Old Norse)
- loft (Old English)
  - lofte (Middle English)
    - loft (English)
    - loft, laft (Scots)
loft (Old Norse)
- loft, luft (Danish)
- loft (Faroese)
- loft (Icelandic)
- lochta, lafta, lofta, lota, lochda (Irish)
- loft (Norwegian)
- loft (Swedish)
loft (Old Norse)
- loft (Old English)
  - lofte (Middle English)
    - loft (English)
    - loft, laft (Scots)
𐌻𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 (luftus) (Gothic)

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