Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lūs

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Noun

*lūs f

1. louse

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lūs
Genitive	*lūsi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lūs	*lūsi
Accusative	*lūsu	*lūsi
Genitive	*lūsi	*lūsō
Dative	*lūsi	*lūsum
Instrumental	*lūsi	*lūsum

Descendants

• 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)