Where does “lust” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lust”, step by step

lust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic lustu

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

via Proto-Germanic lustiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclustizloss; ruin
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlews-to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose; to cut;...

Words derived from “lust”

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