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Where does “-los” come from?

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

-los (German): -less

Definitions

  1. -less

Ancestry of “-los”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-los”

  • parteilos
  • anlasslos
  • distanzlos
  • vereinslos
  • haltlos
  • vorbehaltlos
  • klaglos
  • geschmacklos
  • charakterlos
  • Arglosigkeit
  • reizlos
  • ziellos
  • gottlos
  • resultatlos
  • kampflos
  • harmlos
  • kraftlos
  • bedeutungslos
  • ahnungslos
  • stillos
  • ärmellos
  • zustandlos
  • fraktionslos
  • merkmallos
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