Where does “Haarverlust” come from?

Haarverlust (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.

Haarverlust (German): hair loss

Definitions

  1. hair loss

Ancestry of “Haarverlust”, step by step

Haarverlust 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 haar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaarsingular imperative of haaren; first-person...
2Old High Germanhārhair
3Proto-West Germanic*hārhair
4Proto-Germanichērąhair
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeres-rough hair, bristle
Every word from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz