Etymology

lur

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Today it means: A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure. Full definition →

Danish lur ← Norwegian lur ← Swedish lur
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromlúðr“trumpet”
  2. Swedish · borrowed fromlur
  3. Norwegian · borrowed fromlur
  4. Danish · borrowed fromlur
  5. English todaylur

From Danish lur, Norwegian lur, and Swedish lur, all from Old Norse lúðr (“trumpet”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.