Where does “Lus” come from?

Lus (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German lūs, from Old Saxon lūs, from Proto-West Germanic lus, from Proto-Germanic lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

Lus (Plautdietsch): louse

Definitions

  1. louse

Ancestry of “Lus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlūs—
2Old Saxonlūs—
3Proto-West Germanicluslouse
4Proto-Germaniclūslouse
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lūs →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lus →