loude:

From Middle English loude, lude, from Old English hl?d ?(“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hlūdijō ?(“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lewe- ?(“to hear”). Cognate with Scots lood, luid ?(“sound, noise, tone, voice”), West Frisian l?d ?(“sound, voice, vote, say”), Dutch geluid ?(“sound”), German Laut ?(“sound”), Swedish ljud ?(“sound”), Icelandic hljóe ?(“sound”).