leu(ə)-

To wash. Oldest form *leu(ə₃)-.

1. Suffixed form *lou-kā-. lye, from Old English lēag, lye, from Germanic *laugō.

2. Suffixed form *lou-tro-.

a. lather, from Old English lēthran, līthran, to lather;

b. lutefisk, from Old Norse laudhr, soap, foam.

3. Variant form *law-.

a. loment, lotion; ablution, alluvion, colluvium, deluge, dilute, eluent, elute, eluvium, from Latin lavere, to wash (in compounds, -luere);

b. form *law-ā-. launder, lavabo, lavage, lavatory, lave, lavish, from Latin lavāre, to wash;

c. latrine, from Latin lavātrīna, lātrīna, a bath, privy.

4. O-grade form *lou-. pyrolusite, from Greek louein, to wash.

 

[Pokorny lou- 692.]

* * *