Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “lews-”
182 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European lews- — including loss, lose, loose, losing, lease, loosely, forlorn, loosen.
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English (90)
- loss
- lose
- loose
- losing
- lease
- loosely
- forlorn
- loosen
- leasing
- looser
- leasehold
- loosing
- looseness
- lossless
- forlornly
- lossy
- lorn
- leaseback
- wanderlust
- footloose
- lese
- sublease
- lovelorn
- loseth
- looseleaf
- leaseholder
- leaser
- underlease
- leasee
- leasable
- losel
- headloss
- leese
- unloosen
- loosey
- losest
- looseth
- lossmaking
- losslessly
- loosener
- unlosable
- loosies
- losable
- forlornity
- leaseable
- losingest
- footlooseness
- bloodloss
- loosish
- prelease
- looseneth
- unlose
- lornly
- loosie
- overloose
- lossily
- lorel
- lornness
- leazing
- losslessness
- loosefill
- leazings
- loosejaw
- nonlosing
- loosenest
- unleasable
- lossful
- losingly
- lossmaker
- lovelornness
- lossage
- lasslorn
- lose one's cool
- subleaser
- nonleasable
- wanderlusty
- leaseability
- outloose
- reloosen
- unlossy
- leasest
- loose-handed
- loose-handedness
- loose-handedly
- losableness
- ultraloose
- wedlease
- loselism
- loos
- leaze