lús
Icelandic
/luːs/
noun
Definitions
- louse
- stingy or miserly person
- (computing) bug
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse lús derived from Proto-Germanic *lūs.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lūs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *lawH- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewH-, *luHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *luHs- Proto-Indo-European
- lus Norwegian Bokmål
- *lūs Proto-Germanic
- lus Norwegian Nynorsk
- lus Old English
- lūs Old English
- lús Old Norse
- lus Danish
- lūs Old High German
- lús Faroese
- lūs Middle High German
- *lūs Old Dutch
- dorlòizanzich Cimbrian
- laus Cimbrian
- *lūs Old Saxon
- lus Old Swedish
- lūs, lus Old Swedish
- lus Westrobothnian
- *lūs Old Frisian