Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lūs

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːs/

Noun

*lūs f

1. louse

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *lūs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lūs	*lūsiz
vocative	*lūs	*lūsiz
accusative	*lūsų	*lūsunz
genitive	*lūsiz	*lūsǫ̂
dative	*lūsi	*lūsumaz
instrumental	*lūsē	*lūsumiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lūs
  • Old English: lūs
    • Middle English: lous, lows, lowse
      • Scots: louse, loose
      • English: louse
  • Old Frisian: *lūs
    • Saterland Frisian: Lúus
    • West Frisian: lûs
  • Old Saxon: *lūs
    • Middle Low German: lūs
      • Low German: Luus
      • Plautdietsch: Lus
  • Old Dutch: *lūs
    • Middle Dutch: luus, luys
      • Dutch: luis
        • Afrikaans: luis
  • Old High German: lūs
    • Middle High German: lūs
      • Cimbrian: laus
      • German: Laus
      • Hunsrik: Laus
      • Luxembourgish: Laus
      • Vilamovian: łaojs
      • Yiddish: לויז (loyz)
• Old Norse: lús
  • Icelandic: lús
  • Faroese: lús
  • Norn: lus
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lus
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: lus
  • Old Swedish: lūs
    • Swedish: lus
  • Danish: lus
  • Gutnish: läus