Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lustu

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 *lustuz. Equivalent to *laus (“loose, free”) +‎ *-þu.

Noun

*lustu m

desire, want, lust

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lustu
Genitive	*lostō
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lustu	lustiwi, lostō
Accusative	*lustu	*lustū
Genitive	*lostō	*lustiwō
Dative	lustiwi, lostō	*lustum
Instrumental	*lustu	*lustum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: lust
- Middle English: lust
  - Scots: lust
  - English: lust
Old Frisian: lust
- Saterland Frisian: Lust
- West Frisian: lust
Old Saxon: lust
- Middle Low German: lust, lüst, lyst
  - German Low German: Lüst
  - → Old Norse: lyst
    - Icelandic: lyst
    - Norwegian: lyst
    - Danish: lyst
    - Faroese: lyst
    - Old Swedish: lyst
      - Swedish: lust
  - → Estonian: lust
Old Dutch: *lust
- Middle Dutch: lust
  - Dutch: lust
    - Afrikaans: lus
    - Negerhollands: lyst
Old High German: lust
- Middle High German: lust
  - German: Lust
  - Luxembourgish: Loscht