Where does “Rubbellos” come from?

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

Rubbellos (German): scratch card

Definitions

  1. scratch card

Ancestry of “Rubbellos”, step by step

Rubbellos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lōs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlōs—
2Old High Germanlōsloose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful
3Proto-West Germaniclausloose, free
4Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via German rubbeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrubbelnto rub, to scratch
2German-elnVerb suffix: Build verbs from nouns, adjectives...
3Middle High German-elnfrequentative suffix
4Old High German-alōn—
5Proto-Germanic-lōnąfrequentative verbal suffix; indicating...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lausaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic laus →