Words that come from Proto-Germanic “lūs”
89 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Germanic lūs — including loose, loosely, loosen, looser, loosing, looseness, louse, footloose.
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English (38)
- loose
- loosely
- loosen
- looser
- loosing
- looseness
- louse
- footloose
- looseleaf
- woodlouse
- unloosen
- loosey
- looseth
- lousewort
- loosener
- delouse
- loosies
- louseborne
- footlooseness
- loosish
- looseneth
- delouser
- loosie
- overloose
- booklouse
- louselike
- pricklouse
- loosefill
- loosejaw
- loosenest
- lousicide
- outloose
- reloosen
- loose-handed
- loose-handedness
- loose-handedly
- ultraloose
- louse-ridden