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Where does “mōdērlausaz” come from?

mōdērlausaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic -lausaz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

mōdērlausaz (Proto-Germanic): without a mother

Definitions

  1. without a mother

Ancestry of “mōdērlausaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-lausaz-less, lacking, devoid of
2Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “mōdērlausaz”

  • motherless
  • motherlessness
  • moderles
  • mōdorlēas
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