Proto-Germanic

*hlūdaz

‘loud’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, most familiar first.

• loud ← loude ← hlūde ← *hlūdē ← *hlūdê
• loudness ← loudnesse ← hlūdnes ← hlūd ← *hlūd
• umlaut ← Laut ← lūt ← lūt ← *hlūd
• ablaut ← Laut ← lūt ← lūt ← *hlūd
• anlaut ← Laut ← lūt ← lūt ← *hlūd

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz