Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/lawāðrom

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom, from *lewh₃- (“to rinse, wash, bathe”), probably remodeled after *lawāō (“to wash, bathe”) +‎ *-ðrom or formed independently. De Vaan considers the Latin /a/ in both the noun and verb to result from an archaic o-grade verb in PIE.

Noun

*lawāðrom n

  1. bathtub

Declension

Declension of *lawāðrom (o-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lawāðrom *lawāðrā
vocative *lawāðrom *lawāðrā
accusative *lawāðrom *lawāðrā
genitive *lawāðrosjo, *lawāðrī *lawāðrom
dative *lawāðrōi *lawāðrois
ablative *lawāðrōd *lawāðrois
locative *lawāðrei *lawāðrois

Descendants

  • Latin: lavābrum

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lavō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 330–331
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