Where does “lus” come from?

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

lus (Proto-West Germanic): louse

Definitions

  1. louse

Ancestry of “lus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclūslouse
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “lus”

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