louse
/laʊs/ · noun
Meaning
- A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
- A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
- The currency sign ¤.
- To remove lice from; to delouse.
- Obsolete form of loose.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).
- यूका(Sanskrit)→
- luwo(Tocharian B)→
- llau(Welsh)→
- lús(fo,is)→
- lus(da,nb,nn,sv)→
- Laus(German)→
- Luus(nds-de)→
- luis(Dutch)→
- lûs(West Frisian)→
- *lewH-(ine-pro)→
- *lūs(gem-pro)→
- *lūs(gmw-pro)→
- lūs(ang)→
- lous(Middle English)→
- *lewH-(ine-pro)→
- louse (English)
- Relations: root, inh, inh, inh, inh, der, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
*lewH-(ine-pro)lous(Middle English)lūs(ang)*lūs(gmw-pro)*lūs(gem-pro)lûs(West Frisian)luis(Dutch)Luus(nds-de)Laus(German)lus(da,nb,nn,sv)lús(fo,is)llau(Welsh)luwo(Tocharian B)यूका(Sanskrit)laou(Breton)laus(Cimbrian)laŭso(Esperanto)lauso(Ido)uts(Latvian)Luus(Low German)lus(Norwegian Nynorsk)Laus(Pennsylvania German)loso(Sranan Tongo)laus(Tok Pisin)לויז(Yiddish)
Descendant words
- laou(Breton) (cog)
- laus(Cimbrian) (cog)
- luis(Dutch) (cog)
- laŭso(Esperanto) (der)
- lauso(Ido) (bor)
- uts(Latvian) (cog)
- Luus(Low German) (cog)
- lus(Norwegian Nynorsk) (cog)
- Laus(Pennsylvania German) (cog)
- loso(Sranan Tongo) (der)
- laus(Tok Pisin) (der)
- llau(Welsh) (cog)
- לויז(Yiddish) (cog)
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