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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱlewH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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 reconstructions
  • *ḱleh₃w-[1] (Derksen)

Root

*ḱlewH- [2]

  1. to clean, rinse, slide

Derived terms
  • *ḱlewH-
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: šlúoti (“to wipe”)
    • Italic:
      • Latin: cluō (“to clean”)
  • *ḱlu-d-
    • Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: κλύζω (klúzō, “to wash”), κλῠ́δων (klúdōn)
  • *ḱluH-d-ro-
    • Armenian: (probably)
    • Germanic: *hlūtraz (see there for further descendants)
  • *ḱluH-ro-
    • Celtic: [Term?]
      • Welsh: clir (“light, bright, clear, clean, joyful”)
  • *ḱluH-r-yo- ~ *ḱluH-r-yeh₂-
    • Armenian: (probably)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Latin cloāca
    • Latvian: slaucīt, slaukt, slota
    • Lithuanian: šlúota, šlaukýti (“to wipe, to rub”), sliaũkti (“to crawl; to slide; to cast off, to make slide; to wipe; to flow slowly”)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “šluoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453-454
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “cloāca”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 122
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