loud

loud · adjective, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlew-
3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlutós
4. Proto-Germanic*hlūdaz
5. Proto-West Germanic*hlūd
6. Old Englishhlūd
7. Middle Englishloude, loud, lud
8. English todayloud

From Middle English loude, loud, lud, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy, sounding, sonorous”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlūd, from Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz, *hlūþaz (“heard”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewtos (“heard, famous”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). More at listen. Cognates Akin to Scots loud, lowd (“loud”), Swedish ljud, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk lyd, Faroese ljóð, Icelandic hljóð, West Frisian lûd (“loud”), Dutch luid (“loud”), Low German lud (“loud”), German laut (“loud”), Irish clú (“repute”), Welsh clywed (“heard”), clod (“praise”), Latin laudare (“praise”), Tocharian A/B klots/klautso 'ear', klyostär 'heard', Ancient Greek κλυτός (klutós, “famous”), Albanian quaj (“to name, call”), shquar (“famous, notorious”), Old Armenian լու (lu, “the act of hearing”), Old Church Slavonic слава (slava, “glory”), слово (slovo, “word”), Sanskrit श्रव (śráva, “glory”).

loud · adverb²

1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlew-
3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlutós
4. Proto-Germanic*hlūdaz
5. Proto-Germanic*hlūdê
6. Proto-West Germanic*hlūdē
7. Old Englishhlūde
8. Middle Englishloude
9. English todayloud

From Middle English loude, from Old English hlūde (“loudly”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūda, *hlūdô (“loudly”), related to Etymology 1.

Loud · proper noun³

As an English surname, * from the adjective loud, * from the place name Lyde, * and a spelling variant of Louth in Lincolnshire, itself related to the adjective, * and finally variants of the Irish surnames McLeod, McLouth.

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