Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lūs

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luːs/

Noun

*lūs f

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

Old English: lūs
- Middle English: lous, lows, lowse
  - Scots: louse, loose
  - English: louse
Old Frisian: *lūs
- Saterland Frisian: Luus
- 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
  - Luxembourgish: Laus
  - Yiddish: לויז‎ (loyz)
  - Vilamovian: łaojs
Old Norse: lús
- Icelandic: lús
- Faroese: lús
- Norn: lus
- Norwegian: lus
- Old Swedish: lūs
  - Swedish: lus
- Danish: lus
- Gutnish: läus