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

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