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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-, from *lewH- (“to cut; sever; separate; loosen; lose”).
Pronunciation
Verb
*leusaną[1][2]
- to lose, to cease to have
Inflection
Conjugation of
*leusaną (strong class 2)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*leusan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*leusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 243