Where does “lustbærlic” come from?

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

lustbærlic (Old English): desirable

Definitions

  1. desirable

Ancestry of “lustbærlic”, step by step

lustbærlic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lustbære

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlustbæredesirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable
2Old Englishlustdesire, pleasure, appetite, lust
3Proto-West Germaniclustudesire, want, lust
4Proto-Germaniclustuzlust, desire, want
5Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via Old English līċ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlīċbody
2Proto-West Germaniclīkbody
3Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lausaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic lustuz →