Proto-Germanic: *lun=, *lunjan-; *liusan-, *láusa-, *luzí-z, *lúsa-n, *luzá-z etc.
Meaning: loose, free
Gothic: acc. lun `ransom', us-lunīn-s f. (ō) `salvation'; *fra-liusan st. `lose', fra-lusnan wk. `be lost, perish', fra-lust-s f. (i) `loss'; laus (a) `free from, empty'; lausjan wk. `free, rescue'
Old Norse: losa wk. `lose, locker machen; bereiten; fortnehmen'; los n. `Auflösung'; losna `lose, locker werden, spalten, sich trennen', laus-s `frei, ungebunden'; löra, leyra `Stümper'
Norwegian: losna vb.; laus adj.
Old Swedish: Run. -lausR
Swedish: lös adj.
Danish: lösne vb. (< *lusinǭ); lös adj.
Old English: ā-lynnan `erlösen'; lēoran, ptc. -lornn `weggehen, scheiden', lēas `leer, beraubt, betrügerisch, falsch', for-lēosan; to lōre dōn `te gronde richten'; forlor m.; losian `verlieren'; los `Verlust, Untergang'
English: forlorn
Old Frisian: for-, ūr-liāsa; lās `vrij van, zonder'
Old Saxon: far-liosan; farlor m. `verderf'; lōs `vrij, leeg, zonder, beroofd, onvast, lichtvaardig'; loson
Middle Dutch: ver-liesen; ter lōre (leure, luere) stellen (setten, leiden, vallen) `bedrogen uitkommen, te kort schieten'; loos `los, vrij van, vals, bedriegelijk, slim'; ? { lō }
Dutch: verliezen; te leur stellen; te loor gaan; loos; ? { looi }
Old Franconian: lōs `vals, listig'
Middle Low German: lōs `los, frei'; ? lō 'Lohe'
Old High German: far-liosan `verlieren', far-los `Verlust'; forlust `Verlust', lōs `frei, ledig, beraubt, mutwillig, lose', lōsian, losōn `losen'
Middle High German: ? lō, gen. -wes st. n. 'gerberlohe'
German: verlieren, los, ? Lohe f. 'zum Gerben verwendete zerkleinerte Baumrinde'
