Etymology Explorer
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Where does “*lūs” come from?
*lūs (West Germanic) comes from Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.
Ancestry of “*lūs”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Germanic
*lūs
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
lewH-
louse
Words derived from “*lūs”
lousy
louse
Lausen
woodlouse
vonce
lousiness
lousewort
delouse
louseborne
lousily
delouser
booklouse
louselike
pricklouse
lousicide
lūs
lūs
wantlus
lows
lous
lowse
wantlūs
lūs
Laus
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