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Umlauf

Umlauf comes from German Umlauf ‘circulation’, from Lauf ‘run, race’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*klewb-‘to spring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupaną‘to jump, leap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupą‘leap’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hlouf
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350louf
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentLauf‘run, race’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentUmlauf‘circulation’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*klewb-‘to spring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupaną‘to jump, leap’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupą‘leap’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050hlouf
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350louf
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentLauf‘run, race’
  7. German, derivedc. 1650–presentUmlauf‘circulation’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to jump, leap’

loop, leap, gallop, wallop, lope, 3 more

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *klewb- / Umlauf

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