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Where does “firloran” come from?

firloran (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *fraloʀan, from Proto-Germanic fraluzanaz, from Proto-Germanic fraleusaną, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

Ancestry of “firloran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*fraloʀan—
2Proto-Germanicfraluzanazlost
3Proto-Germanicfraleusanąto lose, to cease to have
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
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