Where does “וואַנץ” come from?

וואַנץ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German wantlūs, from Old High German wantlūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic lus, from Proto-Germanic lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

וואַנץ (Yiddish): bedbug

Definitions

  1. bedbug

Ancestry of “וואַנץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanwantlūsbug, bedbug
2Old High Germanwantlūsbedbug; bug, bedbug
3Old High Germanlūs—
4Proto-West Germanicluslouse
5Proto-Germaniclūslouse
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “וואַנץ”

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