lus
Danish
noun
Definitions
- louse
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lús inherited from Proto-Germanic *lūs derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (sever, untie, set free, separate, loosen, lose, cut, cut apart).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewH-
Gloss
sever, untie, set free, separate, loosen, lose, cut, cut apart
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lues Latin
- aardluis Dutch, Flemish
- hoofdluis Dutch, Flemish
- karperluis Dutch, Flemish
- luis Dutch, Flemish
- luizenei Dutch, Flemish
- luizenmarkt Dutch, Flemish
- schaamluis Dutch, Flemish
- schijtluis Dutch, Flemish
- schildluis Dutch, Flemish
- visluis Dutch, Flemish
- λύω Ancient Greek
- *lawH- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH-, *luHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *ley- Proto-Indo-European
- *luHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- lus Norwegian Bokmål
- *lausaz Proto-Germanic
- *lawwd Proto-Germanic
- *leusaną Proto-Germanic
- *lūs Proto-Germanic
- lus Norwegian Nynorsk
- lus Old English
- lūs Old English
- lús Old Norse
- dreng Danish
- drengelus Danish
- flad Danish
- fladlus Danish
- pige Danish
- pigelus Danish
- lús Icelandic
- luus Middle Dutch
- lūs Old High German
- luis Afrikaans
- lús Faroese
- lirë Albanian
- *lūs Old Dutch
- *luwā Proto-Celtic
- lûs Middle Low German
- *lūs Old Saxon
- lus Old Swedish
- lūs, lus Old Swedish
- lus Westrobothnian
- *lūs Old Frisian
- Luus Low German