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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lew-

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.

Proto-Indo-European

Alternative forms

Root

*lew-[2][3]

  1. dirt

Derived terms
  • *l(H)u-to- (“dirt”)[1]
    • Latin: lutum (“mud, dirt, clay”)
  • *lew-to- (“mud, dirt”)[4]
  • *l(H)u-(s)tro- (“dirty place”)[1]

References
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lutum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leu-1”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
  3. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*leu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 414
  4. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lutā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 249-50
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