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

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)