loof

loof · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*leh₂p-
2. Proto-Germanic*lōfô
3. Old Norselófi
4. Middle Englishlove
5. English todayloof

Inherited from Middle English love, lufe, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old Norse lófi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).

loof · noun²

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromloef“an oar or paddle used in steering”
2. Middle English · inherited fromlof“a contrivance for altering a ship's course, paddle, oar”
3. English todayloof

Inherited from Middle English lof (“a contrivance for altering a ship's course, paddle, oar”), from Middle Dutch loef (“an oar or paddle used in steering”), ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1. Compare luff.

loof · noun³

1. Egyptian Arabic · borrowed fromلُوف
2. English todayloof

From Egyptian Arabic لُوف (lūf).

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