Where does “lyst” come from?

lyst (Old Danish) comes from Middle Low German lust, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-West Germanic lustu, from Proto-Germanic lustuz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

Ancestry of “lyst”, step by step

lyst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German lust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlust—
2Old Saxonlust—
3Proto-West Germaniclustudesire, want, lust
4Proto-Germaniclustuzlust, desire, want
5Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via Old Norse list

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselist—
2Proto-Germaniclistizart, craft; cunning, guile
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleys-to trace, to track

Words derived from “lyst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lausaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic lustuz →
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