Where does “lōs” come from?

lōs (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic laus, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

Ancestry of “lōs”, step by step

lōs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic laus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclausloose, free
2Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via Proto-Germanic *laus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “lōs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lausaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic laus →