Etymograph

English

loff

Loff comes from Old English lof ‘praise, glory, repute’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to desire, praise, love’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lubą‘praise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lob‘praise’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150lof‘praise, glory, repute’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishtodayloff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to desire, praise, love’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lubą‘praise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lob‘praise’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150lof‘praise, glory, repute’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  6. Englishtodayloff

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- ‘to desire, praise, love’

left, believe, love, leave, library, belief, leaf, lib, lodge, lobby, libel, libido, liber, loft, libretto, lob, luft, lief, 15 more

through Middle English lof

lovely, 2 more

Another origin of loff

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewbʰ-‘to desire, praise, love’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lubą‘praise’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lubōną‘to praise’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lobōn‘to praise’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lofian‘to praise, exalt, appraise, value’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500loven‘to reverence or worship a deity’
  7. Englishtodayloff

Today it means

noun —

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- / loff

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