Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewh₃-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

    Root

    *lewh₃-[1]

    1. to wash

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *leh₂w-[2]
    • *leh₃-, *leh₃-(e)w-[3]

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃- (21 c, 0 e)
    • *lóh₃w-ey ~ *l̥h₃w-énti[3][note 1]
      • Proto-Anatolian: *lóHʷei?
        • >? Hittite: 𒆷𒀀𒄷𒄿 (la-a-ḫu-i, to pour; to (over)flow)
        • ? Luwian: [script needed] (lā(ḫ)un(a)i-, to wash)
    • *léwh₃-e-ti (thematic root present)
      • Proto-Albanian:
      • Proto-Hellenic: *léwoō
        • Ancient Greek: λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō), λόω (lóō) (see there for further descendants)
    • *(le-)lówh₃-ti (reduplicated o-grade present)[1][4] ?[note 2]
      • Proto-Italic: *lawō (see there for further descendants)
    • *lówh₃-tro-m, *léwh₃-tro-m
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Old Armenian: լոգանամ (loganam) (see there for further descendants)
      • >? Old Armenian: լուանամ (luanam) (or < *plew-) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *laugō (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Latin: lavē- (transitive)
    Notes
    1. ^ Possibly with metathesis, or reflecting the original form of the root. On the other hand, Kloekhorst rejects any possibility that the root in Hittite continues *lewh₃- or *leh₃u-, arguing that it must be reconstructed as *leh₂u-.[2]
    2. ^ See de Vaan for alternative explanations of the original verb.

    See also

    • *lewg-, *lowg-?: Albanian lag (to wet, moisten, water), lagë (wet surface, body of water, drop), lëgatë (pool, bog); Lithuanian lūgas, liū̃gas, liū̃gnas; Latvian luga, l̨ugа (marshy deposit, silt); Proto-Slavic *lùža (puddle, pool)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lavō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 330–331
    2. 2.0 2.1 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “lāḫu-i / laḫu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 511–513
    3. 3.0 3.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*lauþra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329:*lóh₃-u-ei, *lh₃-u-énti
    4. ^ Meiser, Gerhard (1998), Historische Laut- und Formenlehre der lateinischen Sprache, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, →ISBN, page 187