Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lowatrom

This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *lauþrą and Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón).

Noun

*lowatrom n^[1]^[2]

washbasin

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lowatrom	*lowatrou	*lowatrā
vocative	*lowatrom	*lowatrou	*lowatrā
accusative	*lowatrom	*lowatrou	*lowatrā
genitive	*lowatrī	*lowatrous	*lowatrom
dative	*lowatrūi	*lowatrobom	*lowatrobos
locative	*lowatrei	*?	*?
instrumental	*lowatrū	*lowatrobim	*lowatrūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *llowadr
- Old Breton:
  - Middle Breton: lovazr
    - Breton: laouer
Old Irish: loathar, lóthar
Gaulish: lautron (from earlier *lawatron)^[3]
- Gaulish: *Lautrā
  - French: Lure
- ⇒ Gaulish: *Lautraton^[3]
  - → Latin: Laudradum
    - French: Lorrez-le-Bocage
Hispano-Celtic:
- → Galician: Ludro, Ludrio
→ Latin: Lavatrae (“a Roman fort at Bowes”)^[3]

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowatro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245
^ Koch, John (2004) “*lowatro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 26
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lautron”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 198

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*lowatro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 245

[2] Koch, John (2004) “*lowatro-”, in English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎^[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, page 26

[DLG-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “lautron”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 198

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