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Where does “Lars” come from?

Lars (German) comes from Danish Lars, from Latin Laurentius, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “Lars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishLars—
2LatinLaurentiusLaurence; Laurente
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →