k̂leu-2 : *k̂lō(u)- : k̂lū-

    k̂leu-2 : *k̂lō- : k̂lū-

    [u]English meaning: to rinse, clean

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘spũlen, rein machen”

    Note: extension k̂leu-d-, Ltv. also k̂lō̆u-k-.

    Material: Gk. κλύζω (*κλύδι̯ω) ‘spũle”, κλύδων m. “ wash of the waves “, κλύσμα n., κλυσμός m. “Plätschern”, κλυστήρ m. “Klistierspitze”, root nouns acc. sg. κλύδα “ surge “; altLat. cluō “purgo” (*k̂lou̯ō), Lat. cloüca (cluüca, clovüca) “Abzugskanal”; altgal. Cluad, O.Welsh Clut, Ptol. Κλώτα river name, Eng. Clyde (Celt. *kloutü); Welsh clir “bright, clear, bright, cheerful, pure” (*k̂lū-ro-s); Goth. hlūtrs, O.E. hlūt(t)or, O.S. O.H.G. hlūt(t)ar “bright, pure, clear, bright”, Ger. lauter (*klūd-ro-s); O.N. hlér ‘sea, sea” (*hlewa-, IE *k̂leu̯o-); Lith. šlú oju, šlaviaũ , šlú oti, dial. šlavù (= Lat. cluō) “ fegen, whisk “, šlú ota “ besom “, Ltv. sluôta ds.; extension k̂lō̆u-k- in slaũcît “fegen, whisk”, slaukšēt ‘splash, pladdern”, slàukt “milk”, Lith. šliaukti, šlauký ti “fegen”. Perhaps extension a *k̂el- “humid, wet, damp”, das also consecutive roots the basic lies: k̂lep-”humid, wet” (see there), k̂lek- ds. (Lith. šlakù , -e ́ti “drip, trickle”, šle ̃ kti, šliknó ti ‘spray”etc.), k̂leg(h)- ds. (Russ. slezá “tears”, O.C.S. slьza ds.). Wenn these zuträfe, wäre for k̂leu- : k̂el- das relationship sreu- “flow” : ser- either example or Parallele. Maybe Pol. (*slezá) łza “tear”, Alb. (*šlú oti) loti “tear” [the common Alb. initial sl- > l- shift or the drop of initial s-].

    References: WP. I 495 f., WH. I 239 f., Trautmann 307.