Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewH-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewh₃-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*lewH-^[1]

louse

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewH- (3 c, 0 e)

*lowH-éh₂^[1] or *luH-éh₂^[1]
- Proto-Celtic: *luwā^[1]
  - Proto-Brythonic: *low
    - Breton: laou
    - Cornish: lou
    - Welsh: llau
*lúH-s ~ *luHs-és^[2]
- Proto-Germanic: *lūs (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- >? Proto-Slavic: *vъšь (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*luwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lū̆s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692

[EDPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*luwā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 250

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lū̆s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 692

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