Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewH-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewh₃-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*lewH-[1]

louse

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewH-

*lowH-éh₂[1] or *luH-éh₂[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *luwā[1]
  - Proto-Brythonic: *low
    - Breton: laou
    - Cornish: lou
    - Welsh: llau
*lúH-s ~ *luHs-és[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *lūs (see there for further descendants)

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*luwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “lū̆s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692

[EDPC-1] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*luwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “lū̆s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692