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Where does “loess” come from?

Loess comes from German Löss, from Alemannic German lösch, from Old High German los, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH-.

loess (English): Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian ...

Definitions

  1. Any sediment, dominated by silt, of eolian ...

Ancestry of “loess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLössloess
2Alemannic Germanlöschloose; mild
3Old High Germanlōsloose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful
4Proto-West Germaniclausloose, free
5Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “loess”

  • loessial
  • loessal
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