Where does “lo” come from?

lo (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse ló, from Proto-Germanic *lauhō, from Proto-Indo-European lówkos, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

lo (Norwegian Nynorsk): woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven...

Definitions

  1. woollen hairs that shed off knitted or woven...

Ancestry of “lo”, step by step

lo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse ló

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselóclearing, meadow; plover
2Proto-Germanic*lauhō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlówkosclearing; open space, clearing; field, meadow
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

via Middle Low German lōt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlōt—
2Old Saxonlōd—
3Proto-West Germaniclaudlead

Words derived from “lo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European lówkos →