Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/lewotrón

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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

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Etymology

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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

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*lewotrón n

  1. bathtub, washbasin
  2. bath; bathwater

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λούω, -ομαι (> DER 1. λουτρόν)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 872–873
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225:
    “In literary G[reek] there was a metathesis of -eCo- to -oCe-: *stero- ‘spread’ (*sterH₃-), *lewo- ‘wash’ (*lewH₃-) yield στορέω fut. and λο(ϝ)ετρόν ‘bath’. (This development is not seen in Myc., hence re-wo-te-re-jo ‘for bathing’.)”
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowatro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245