Where does “wantlūs” come from?

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

wantlūs (Old High German): bedbug; bug, bedbug

Definitions

  1. bedbug; bug, bedbug

Ancestry of “wantlūs”, step by step

wantlūs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German lūs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlūs—
2Proto-West Germanicluslouse
3Proto-Germaniclūslouse
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via Old High German want

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High GermanwantA wall
2Proto-Germanicwanduzmole; vole; rod, switch, stick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

Words derived from “wantlūs”

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