llau
Welsh (Colloquial)
/ɬaɨ̯/, /ɬai̯/
noun
Definitions
- lice
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Welsh lleu inherited from Proto-Celtic *luwā inherited 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
- booklouse English
- delouse English
- head louse English
- headlouse English
- louse English
- louse-ridden English
- louseborne English
- louselike English
- louseling English
- lousewort English
- lousicide English
- lousy English
- pricklouse English
- woodlouse English
- lues Latin
- Laus German
- λύω Ancient Greek
- *leh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *ley- Proto-Indo-European
- *wendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lausaz Proto-Germanic
- *lawwd Proto-Germanic
- *leusaną Proto-Germanic
- *lūs Proto-Germanic
- bladlus Norwegian Nynorsk
- lus Norwegian Nynorsk
- lushatt Norwegian Nynorsk
- ull-lus Norwegian Nynorsk
- lous Middle English
- lús Old Norse
- laŭso Esperanto
- lleua Welsh
- lleuen Welsh
- lirë Albanian
- *luwā Proto-Celtic
- laus Tok Pisin
- laou Breton
- lleu Middle Welsh
- lou Middle Breton