Words that come from Old Norse “lauss”
132 words across 16 languages descend from Old Norse lauss — including loss, loose, loosely, loosen, looser, loosing, looseness, louse.
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English (52)
- loss
- loose
- loosely
- loosen
- looser
- loosing
- looseness
- louse
- lossless
- lossy
- footloose
- looseleaf
- woodlouse
- headloss
- unloosen
- loosey
- looseth
- lossmaking
- losslessly
- lousewort
- loosener
- delouse
- loosies
- louseborne
- footlooseness
- bloodloss
- loosish
- looseneth
- delouser
- loosie
- overloose
- lossily
- booklouse
- louselike
- pricklouse
- losslessness
- loosefill
- loosejaw
- loosenest
- lossful
- lossmaker
- lossage
- lousicide
- outloose
- reloosen
- unlossy
- loose-handed
- loose-handedness
- loose-handedly
- ultraloose
- louse-ridden
- loos