Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob. · A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
Of dialectal origin, likely derived from Middle English louten (“to bow, bend low, stoop over”), from Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend forward, stoop”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtan, from Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bow down, lout”). Alternatively, derived from Middle English louten (“to hide, lurk”), from Old English lūtian (“to lurk, skulk”), from Proto-West Germanic *lūtēn (“to be hidden, be concealed”). Compare Old Norse lútr (“stooping”), Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”). Non-Germanic cognates are probably Old Church Slavonic лоудити (luditi, “to deceive”), Serbo-Croatian lud and Albanian lut (“to beg, pray”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Derivation mentionloutenenm · to bow, bend low, stoop over
- Derivation mentionlūtanang · to bow, bend forward, stoop
- Derivation mention*lūtangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*lūtanągem-pro · to bow down, lout
- Derivation mentionloutenenm · to hide, lurk
- Derivation mentionlūtianang · to lurk, skulk
- Derivation mention*lūtēngmw-pro · to be hidden, be concealed
- Cognate mentionlútrnon · stooping
- Cognate mention𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽got · to deceive
- Cognate mentionлоудитиcu · to deceive
- Cognate mentionludsh
- Cognate mentionlutsq · to beg, pray
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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