Where does “lustbære” come from?

lustbære (Old English) comes from Old English lust, from Proto-West Germanic lustu, from Proto-Germanic lustuz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

lustbære (Old English): desirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable

Definitions

  1. desirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable

Ancestry of “lustbære”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlustdesire, pleasure, appetite, lust
2Proto-West Germaniclustudesire, want, lust
3Proto-Germaniclustuzlust, desire, want
4Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “lustbære”

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