Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewh₃-

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.

*lewh₃-^[1]

1. to wash

• *lóh₃w-ey ~ *l̥h₃w-énti^{[2][note 1]}
  • Proto-Anatolian: *lóHʷei^?
    • >? Hittite: 𒆷𒀀𒄷𒄿 (la-a-ḫu-i, “to pour; to (over)flow”)
    • ⇒? Luwian: (lā(ḫ)un(a)i-, “to wash”)
• *léwh₃-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Albanian:
    • Albanian: laj
  • Proto-Hellenic: *léwoō
    • Ancient Greek: λούω (loúō), λοέω (loéō), λόω (lóō) (see there for further descendants)
• *(le-)lówh₃-ti (reduplicated o-grade present)^[1][3]
  • Proto-Italic: *lawō (see there for further descendants)
• *lówh₃-tro-m, *léwh₃-tro-m
• Unsorted formations:
  • Old Armenian: լոգանամ (loganam) (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Old Armenian: լուանամ (luanam) (or < *plew-) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *laugō (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Latin: lavē- (transitive)

• *lewg-, *lowg-^?: Albanian lag (“to wet, moisten, water”), lagë (“wet surface, body of water, drop”), lëgatë (“pool, bog”); Lithuanian lūgas, liū̃gas, liū̃gnas; Latvian luga, l̨ugа (“marshy deposit, silt”); Proto-Slavic *lùža (“puddle, pool”)