Where does “lūs” come from?

lūs (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic lus, from Proto-Germanic lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

Ancestry of “lūs”, step by step

lūs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic lus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicluslouse
2Proto-Germaniclūslouse
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via West Germanic *lūs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1West Germanic*lūs—
2Germanic*lūs—

Words derived from “lūs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lus →