Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lusą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, divide, separate, loose, lose”).

Noun

*lusą n

loss

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *lusą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lusą	*lusō
vocative	*lusą	*lusō
accusative	*lusą	*lusō
genitive	lusas, lusis	*lusǫ̂
dative	*lusai	*lusamaz
instrumental	*lusō	*lusamiz

Related terms

*lausaz
*leusaną
*lusnaną
*lusnōną
*lustiz (“ruin”)
*luzaz
*luziz

Descendants

Old English: los; losian
- Middle English: los; losen
  - Scots: los; los, lose
  - English: loss; lose
Old Norse: los; losna
- Icelandic: los; losna
- Norwegian: losna, løsne
- Danish: løsne
- Swedish: lossna