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 edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
*lewotrón n
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
- *lewotrokʰówos (“pouring bathwater”)[1]
- Ancient Greek: λουτροχόος (loutrokhóos)
- Epic Greek: λοετροχόος (loetrokhóos)
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫𐀒𐀺 (re-wo-to-ro-ko-wo /lewotrokʰowos/)
Descendants edit
- Ancient Greek: λουτρόν (loutrón)
- Epic Greek: λοϝετρόν (lowetrón), λοετρόν (loetrón) (with metathesis *ewo > owe[1][2][3])
- Mycenaean Greek: *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*-re-wo-to-ro /*lewotron/)
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λούω, -ομαι”, 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
- ↑ 2.0 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’.)”
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowatro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245