Where does “lūs” come from?

lūs (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic lus, from Proto-Germanic lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

lūs (Middle High German): a louse

Definitions

  1. a louse

Ancestry of “lūs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlūs—
2Proto-West Germanicluslouse
3Proto-Germaniclūslouse
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “lūs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lus →