Where does “луетичан” come from?

луетичан (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian лу̀ес, from Latin luēs, from Latin luō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

луетичан (Serbo-Croatian): syphilitic

Definitions

  1. syphilitic

Ancestry of “луетичан”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianлу̀есlues
2Latinluēsplague, pestilence, epidemic
3Latinluōto wash
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Latin luō →Every word from Latin luēs →