loef

1. (masculine) luff, windward side of a sail or ship. (no plural)
2. (masculine, obsolete) originally, an obscure nautical device turned to change a sailing ship’s course

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: *loef

Inherited from Old Dutch: *luof

Cognate with Middle Low German: lōf

Cognate with Middle English: lōf

Cognate with Old Norse: lófi

Cognate with English: glove

Cognate with Old Norse: glófi

In summary

From Middle Dutch *loef, from Old Dutch *luof, from Proto-Germanic *lōf-, from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”).
Although attested only very late, its origin in Old Dutch is relatively certain as Old French borrowed lof from it.
Cognate, with various inflectional variants, with Middle Low German lōf, Middle English lōf, Old Norse lófi, Gothic 𐌻𐍉𐍆𐌰 (lōfa). With a prefix also English glove, Old Norse glófi.

Concepts

luff

windward

exposed to the wind

Translations

orsa

inferitura

Luv

Vorliek

προσθία

Σταβέντο

barlovento

sopravvento

sopravento

nawietrzny

barlavento

sobrevent