Where does “wantlūs” come from?

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

wantlūs (Middle High German): bug, bedbug

Definitions

  1. bug, bedbug

Ancestry of “wantlūs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanwantlūsbedbug; bug, bedbug
2Old High Germanlūs—
3Proto-West Germanicluslouse
4Proto-Germaniclūslouse
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “wantlūs”

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