Where does “prinsipplaus” come from?

prinsipplaus (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål -laus, from Old Norse -lauss, from Proto-Germanic -lausaz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

Ancestry of “prinsipplaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmål-laus
2Old Norse-lauss
3Proto-Germanic-lausaz-less, lacking, devoid of
4Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH-Every word from Proto-Germanic lausazEvery word from Proto-Germanic -lausaz
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