Words that come from Proto-Germanic “lūs”

137 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic lūs — including lousy, louse, Lausen, woodlouse, vonce, lousiness, lousewort, delouse.

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German (28)

English (25)

Dutch (11)

Swedish (11)

Danish (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Faroese (3)

Icelandic (3)

Old High German (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Middle English (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Yiddish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old English (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Sranan Tongo (2)

Hungarian (2)

Silesian (2)

West Frisian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

German Low German (1)

Ido (1)

Esperanto (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Norse (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

North Frisian (1)

Polish (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Plautdietsch (1)