Where does “Lous” come from?

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

Lous (Luxembourgish): lottery ticket; lot, fate

Definitions

  1. lottery ticket; lot, fate

Ancestry of “Lous”, step by step

Lous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German los

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

via Old High German lōz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlōz—
2Proto-Germanic*hlaut—
3Proto-Germanic*hlautazlot, share
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lausaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic laus →