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Thread #162135   Message #3857555
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Laban
28-May-17 - 10:48 AM
Thread Name: Reasons to go to a folk club
Subject: RE: Reasons to go to a folk club
'Etymologically related to "oud"'

and, I imagine all going back to the arabic العود   like the English word lute, Dutch luit and German Laute