Where does “fowruloso” come from?

fowruloso (Sranan Tongo) comes from Sranan Tongo fowru, from English fowl, from Middle English foul, from Old English fuġol, from Proto-West Germanic fugl, from Proto-Germanic fuglaz, from Proto-Germanic fluglaz, from Proto-Germanic fleuganą — to fly, flow, run.

fowruloso (Sranan Tongo): shaft louse, Menopon gallinae

Definitions

  1. shaft louse, Menopon gallinae

Ancestry of “fowruloso”, step by step

fowruloso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sranan Tongo fowru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sranan Tongofowrubird
2EnglishfowlA bird; A bird of the order Galliformes,...
3Middle EnglishfoulAlternative form of fole; Alternative form of...
4Old Englishfuġolbird
5Proto-West Germanicfuglbird
6Proto-Germanicfuglazbird
7Proto-Germanicfluglaz
8Proto-Germanicfleuganąto fly
9Proto-Indo-Europeanplewk-to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands
10Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Sranan Tongo loso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sranan Tongolosolouse
2EnglishlouseA small parasitic wingless insect of the order...
3Middle Englishlouslouse; A person or thing worthy of contempt or...
4Old Englishlūslouse
5West Germanic*lūs
6Germanic*lūs
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-
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