Where does “losschrauben” come from?

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

losschrauben (German): to unscrew

Definitions

  1. to unscrew

Ancestry of “losschrauben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlos-A verb prefix
2Germanlōs
3Old High Germanlōsloose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful
4Proto-West Germaniclausloose, free
5Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH-