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

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)