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Не родственники немецкого Luft и нидерландского lucht?

Антиромантик, это не Вы сегодня в 6:30 шли мимо ленинки в направлении ИЯ?

Да, я!

ОК.

Хм ... как много знакомых на форуме...
В общем, по теме что?
Об остальном в других разделах

Цитата: Антиромантик от января 17, 2012, 22:04
Не родственники немецкого Luft и нидерландского lucht?

Да, родственники, и очень близкие:

loft (n.)
"an upper chamber," c.1300, from late O.E. loft "air," from O.N. lopt "air, sky," originally "upper story, loft, attic" (Scandinavian -pt- pronounced like -ft-), from P.Gmc. *luftuz "air, sky" (cf. O.E. lyft, Du. lucht, O.H.G. luft, Ger. Luft, Goth. luftus "air"). Sense development is from "loft, ceiling" to "sky, air." Buck suggests ultimate connection with O.H.G. louft "bark," louba "roof, attic," etc., with development from "bark" to "roof made of bark" to "ceiling," though this did not directly inform the meaning "air, sky." Meaning "gallery in a church" first attested c.1500.

lift (v.)
c.1200, from O.N. lypta "to raise," from P.Gmc. *luftijan (cf. M.L.G. lüchten, Du. lichten, Ger. lüften "to lift;" O.E. lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Noun meaning "cheering influence" is from 1861; sense of "elevator" first recorded 1851. Meaning "help given to a pedestrian by taking him into a vehicle" is from 1712.

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Цитата: Антиромантик от января 17, 2012, 22:17
Хм ... как много знакомых на форуме...

Но особенно их много рядом с Ленинкой в пол-7 утра

Если louft когда-то обозначало "кора", то оно может быть сродни рус.ЛУБ (и лат.liber "книга") ?