Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱlewH-

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

*ḱlewH-

1. to clean; to rinse; to slide

Alternative reconstructions

• *ḱleh₃w- (Derksen)

Derived terms

• *ḱlewH-
  • Proto-Albanian: *klusla
    • Albanian: qull
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: šlúoti (“to wipe”)
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: cluō (“to clean”)
• *ḱlu-d-
  • Proto-Celtic: *clud (cleansing)
    • →English: Clyde
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: κλῠ́ζω (klŭ́zō, “to wash”), κλῠ́δων (klŭ́dōn, “wave; billow; flood”)
• *ḱluH-d-ro-
  • Proto-Armenian: (probably)
    • Old Armenian: լուրթ (lurtʻ)
  • Proto-Germanic: *hlūtraz (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱle/owH-eh₂k-eh₂^?
  • Proto-Italic: *kloākā (maybe formed to a factitive *klowā- from a PIE adjective *ḱlewH-o-)
    • >? Latin: cloāca (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱluH-ro-
  • Proto-Celtic:
    • Welsh: clir (“light; bright; clear; clean; joyful”)
• *ḱluH-r-yo- ~ *ḱluH-r-yeh₂-
  • Proto-Armenian: (probably)
    • Old Armenian: լուրջ (lurǰ)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Baltic:
  • Latvian: slàucît, slàukt, slota
  • Lithuanian: šlúota (“broom”), šlúoti (“to sweep”), šlaukýti (“to wipe; to rub”), sliaũkti (“to crawl; to slide; to cast off; to make slide; to wipe; to flow slowly”)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *luuta (see there for further descendants)
• >? Proto-Slavic: *Slovǫta (“Dniepr”) (see there for further descendants)