Etymograph

English

loud

Loud comes from Old English hlūd ‘loud, noisy’, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos ‘heard’, from *ḱlew- ‘to hear’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱlew-‘to hear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱlewtos‘heard, famous’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlūdaz‘loud’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlūd‘loud’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150hlūd‘loud, noisy’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500loud‘loud’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1611loud

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱlew-‘to hear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱlewtos‘heard, famous’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlūdaz‘loud’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlūd‘loud’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150hlūd‘loud, noisy’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500loud‘loud’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1611loud

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “She is loud and stubborn.”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Another origin of loud

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱlew-‘to hear’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱlutós‘heard, listened’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlūdazreconstructed
  4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlūdêreconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlūdēreconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150hlūde‘loudly’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500loude‘Loudly’
  8. Englishtodayloud

Today it means

adj Of great intensity.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- / loud

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