*lūs

Runic: ᛚᚢᛊ Pronunciation: /ˈluːs/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

louse

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (‘louse’).

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