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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lowatrom

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *lauþrą and Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón).

Noun

*lowatrom n[1][2]

  1. washbasin

Inflection
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *lowatrom *lowatrou *lowatrā
vocative *lowatrom *lowatrou *lowatrā
accusative *lowatrom *lowatrou *lowatrā
genitive *lowatrī *lowatrous *lowatrom
dative *lowatrūi *lowatrobom *lowatrobos
locative *lowatrei *? *?
instrumental *lowatrū *lowatrobim *lowatrūis

Descendants
  • Proto-Brythonic: *llowadr
    • Old Breton:
      • Middle Breton: lovazr
        • Breton: laouer
  • Old Irish: loathar, lóthar
  • Gaulish: lautron (from earlier *lawatron)[3]
    • Gaulish: *Lautrā
    • ⇒ Gaulish: *Lautraton[3]
      • → Latin: Laudradum
        • French: Lorrez-le-Bocage
  • Celtiberian:
  • → Latin: Lavatrae (“a Roman fort at Bowes”)[3]

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowatro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
  2. Koch, John (2004) “*lowatro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 26
  3. Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lautron”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 198
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