Where does “verlust” come from?

verlust (Middle High German) comes from Old High German firlust, from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti, from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz — loss.

Ancestry of “verlust”, step by step

verlust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German firlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfirlust—
2Proto-West Germanic*fralustiloss
3Proto-Germanic*fralustizloss

via Old High German farlust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfarlust—

Words derived from “verlust”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *fralustiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *fralusti →Every word from Old High German firlust →