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.

From Proto-Germanic *luftuz.

*luftu m

1. roof
2. atmosphere
3. air

• *lufti

• *luftijan

• 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)