Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/luftu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

Noun

*luftu m

1. roof
2. atmosphere
3. air

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*luftu
Genitive	*loftō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*luftu	*luftiwi, *loftō
Accusative	*luftu	*luftū
Genitive	*loftō	*luftiwō
Dative	*luftiwi, *loftō	*luftum
Instrumental	*luftu	*luftum

Alternative forms

• *lufti

Derived terms

• *luftijan

Descendants

• Old English: lyft (< *lufti)
  • Middle English: luft, lift
    • English: lift
    • Scots: luft, lift
• Old Frisian: luft, lufte, *loft
  • Saterland Frisian: Luft
  • West Frisian: loft
• Old Saxon: luft
  • Middle Low German: lucht
    • Low German: lucht, luft, Luft
      • East Frisian Low Saxon: Loft
      • Plautdietsch:

        Volhynian: Lift

    • → Saterland Frisian: Lucht
    • → Faroese: luft, luktur (“smell”)
    • → Norwegian: luft, lukt (“smell”)
    • → Swedish: luft, lukt (“smell”)
    • → Danish: luft, lugt (“smell”)
• Old Dutch: *luft
  • Middle Dutch: lucht, locht
    • Dutch: lucht
      • → West Frisian: lucht
• Old High German: luft; luht (northern)
  • Middle High German: luft; lucht
    • German: Luft
      • → English: luft
      • → Czech: luft
      • → Luxembourgish: Loft
      • → Kashubian: lëft
      • → Polish: luft
      • → Silesian: luft
    • Central Franconian: Luft, Loft, Loff (originally south-eastern); Luucht, Luuch, Luht, Lueht (northern and western, now only for “space”)
      • Hunsrik: Luft
      • Luxembourgish: Luucht, Lut
    • East Central German:

      Lusatian: Luffd

      Vilamovian: łöft

    • Pennsylvania German: Luft
    • Yiddish: לופֿט (luft)