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

1. 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

• *lustijan
• *lustōn
• *lustusam

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