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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”)[1]
    • 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”)[1]
    • Greek: λουτρό (loutró)
  • Epic Greek: λοϝετρόν (lowetrón), λοετρόν (loetrón) (with metathesis *ewo > owe[1][2][3])
  • Mycenaean Greek: *𐀩𐀺𐀵𐀫 (*-re-wo-to-ro /⁠*lewotron⁠/)
    • ⇒ Mycenaean Greek: 𐀩𐀺𐀳𐀩𐀍 (re-wo-te-re-jo /⁠lewotreios⁠/, “of the bath ~ for bathing”)[1][2]

References
  1. 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. 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
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