Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/lewotrón

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *léwh₃trom (“that which is used for washing; washbasin, bathtub”), from the root *lewh₃- (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ *-trom (instrument noun suffix). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *lowatrom (“washbasin”) and Proto-Germanic *lauþrą (“niter soap, lather, foam”). Compare also early Latin lavābrum < *lowh₃-eh₂-dʰrom.

Noun

*lewotrón n

1. bathtub, washbasin
2. bath; bathwater

Inflection

O-stem, neuter
Nominative	*lewotrón
Genitive	*lewotróyyo
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lewotrón	*lewotrṓ	*lewotrá
Vocative	*lewotrón	*lewotrṓ	*lewotrá
Accusative	*lewotrón	*lewotrṓ	*lewotrá
Genitive	*lewotróyyo	*lewotróyyun	*lewotrṓn
Dative	*lewotrṓi	*lewotróyyun	*lewotróis
Locative	*lewotrói, -éi	?	*lewotróihi
Instrumental	*lewotrṓ	?	*lewotrṓis

Derived terms

• *lewotrokʰówos (“pouring bathwater”)
  • Ancient Greek: λουτροχόος (loutrokhóos)
  • Epic Greek: λοετροχόος (loetrokhóos)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫𐀒𐀺 (re-wo-to-ro-ko-wo /⁠lewotrokʰowos⁠/)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: λουτρόν (loutrón)
  • ⇒ Ancient Greek: λούτριον (loútrion, “bathwater”)
  • Greek: λουτρό (loutró)
• Epic Greek: λοϝετρόν (lowetrón), λοετρόν (loetrón) (with metathesis *ewo > owe)
• Mycenaean Greek: *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*-re-wo-to-ro /⁠*lewotron⁠/)
  • ⇒ Mycenaean Greek: 𐀩𐀺𐀳𐀩𐀍 (re-wo-te-re-jo /⁠lewotreios⁠/, “of the bath ~ for bathing”)