Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-laus

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 *-lausaz.

Suffix

*-laus m

1. without, -less

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-laus

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*-laus
Genitive	*-lausas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*-laus	*-lausō, *-lausōs
Accusative	*-laus	*-lausā
Genitive	*-lausas	*-lausō
Dative	*-lausē	*-lausum
Instrumental	*-lausu	*-lausum

Descendants

• Old English: -lēas
  • Middle English: -les, -las, -lasse, -læs, -leas, -lease, -leæs, -lese, -lesse, -lez, -lies, -liese, -lis, -lise, -lyas, -lyese
    • English: -less
    • Scots: -less
• Old Frisian: -lās
  • Saterland Frisian: -loos
  • West Frisian: -leas
• Old Saxon: -lōs
  • Middle Low German: -lōs
    • Plautdietsch: -looss
• Old Dutch: -lōs
  • Middle Dutch: -loos
    • Dutch: -loos
      • Afrikaans: -loos
• Old High German: -lōs
  • Middle High German: -lōs
    • German: -los