Where does “lūs” come from?
lūs (Old English) comes from West Germanic *lūs, from Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.
Ancestry of “lūs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | West Germanic | *lūs | — |
| 2 | Germanic | *lūs | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |