Where does “Gewichtsverlust” come from?

Gewichtsverlust (German) comes from German Verlust, from Middle High German verlust, from Old High German firlust, from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti, from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz — loss.

Gewichtsverlust (German): weight loss

Definitions

  1. weight loss

Ancestry of “Gewichtsverlust”, step by step

Gewichtsverlust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Verlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVerlustloss
2Middle High Germanverlust—
3Old High Germanfirlust—
4Proto-West Germanic*fralustiloss
5Proto-Germanic*fralustizloss

via German Gewicht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGewichtweight
2Middle High Germanwiht—
3Old High Germangiwihti—
4West Germanicgawihti—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti →Every word from Old High German firlust →