Where does “-loos” come from?

-loos (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch -loos, from Old Dutch -lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic -lausaz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

-loos (Dutch): -less, without

Definitions

  1. -less, without

Ancestry of “-loos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-loos—
2Old Dutch-lōs—
3Proto-West Germanic*-lauswithout, -less
4Proto-Germanic-lausaz-less, lacking, devoid of
5Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “-loos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →