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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

  1. 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
    • Old Frisian: *lūs
    • Old Saxon: *lūs
      • Middle Low German: lūs
    • Old Dutch: *lūs
    • Old High German: lūs
  • Old Norse: lús
    • Icelandic: lús
    • Faroese: lús
    • Norn: lus
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: lus
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: lus
    • Old Swedish: lūs
    • Danish: lus
    • Gutnish: läus
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