Cognate Set 968 – Meaning: ash

IE-CoR reference form:
*leh₃u̯-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
For root ref. form *leh₃u̯-, cf. LIV² Addenda \& Corrigenda and Melchert 2011:127-132.
Found in clades:
Celtic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 11 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
161   Gaelic: Irish luaith ˈl̪ʷuəh ˈl̪ˠuəhʲ
159   Gaelic: Scottish luaithre l̪ˠuərʲə
160   Gaelic: Manx leoie ləi ləi luaith
155   Middle Breton ludu ˈlyːdy
156   Breton: Gwened ludu lydy
157   Breton: Treger ludu ˈlyːdy ˈlydy
151   Welsh: North lludw ˈɬɨdu ˈɬɨdu
150   Middle Welsh llydw ɬɨdu
152   Middle Cornish lusow lyzow
153   Late Cornish lidzhiu ˈlidʒu
158   Old Irish lúaithred ˈl̪ˠuaθʲrʲɪðʲ ˈl̪uaθʲrʲəðʲ
References
  • Irslinger, Britta:
    Based on Proto-Celtic *leu̯-tu- or *lou̯-tu- 'ash' (PIE *leu̯h₃- 'to wash' LIV² 418), but different stems or reshapings in Goidelic and Brittonic. Matasović (2009, 246) postulates MIr. lúaith < *lou̯-tu̯-i-, MW lludw < *low-tw-o-. Alternatively an underlying *le/ou̯-tu̯-ah₂ is possible, see the discussion in Irslinger (2002, 115). Brittonic could continue this stem directly, while the Middle Irish word has become an i-stem. OIr. lúaithred and Scottish Gaelic luaithre (and Manx?) contain the collective suffixe -red (Thurneysen 1946, 169).
  • Kümmel, Martin Joachim: http://www.martinkuemmel.de/liv2add.html#_Toc392257980 , http://www.martinkuemmel.de/liv2add.html#_Neu:_*leh₃u̯-_‘gießen,
    It is no longer necessary to postulate two separate roots *leh₂(u̯)- 'pour' for Anatolian and *leu̯h₃- 'wash' for Italic and Albanian. The two roots can be reconciled to *leh₃u̯- (cf. Melchert 2011:127-132). [Cf. discussion in cognate set for 'wash' in [cognate set 8364](cog-8364)].
  • Matasović, Ranko: 246
    S.v. Proto-Celtic *lowtu- 'ash', which may be connected with PIE *leu̯h₃- 'to wash' as a derived noun in the sense of 'washing substance'. Alternatively connected to Proto-Celtic *lutā 'mud, dirt', without the laryngeal.
  • Melchert, H. Craig: 127-132
  • Rix, Helmut: 418
    Cf. s.v. *leu̯h₃- 'waschen' (IEW 692).