Middle English lude

← Old English hlȳd (derived)

← Old English hlūde (inherited)

← English loude (link)

← Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō (derived)

← Proto-Germanic *hleuþą (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewe- (derived)

← Old Norse hljóð (borrowed)

← Scots luid (link)

→ English loude (mention)

→ Middle English loude (alter)

→ Middle English luden (affix)