leu-1, *leu̯ǝ- : lū̆ -

    leu-1, *leu̯ǝ- : lū̆ -

    English meaning: dirt

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schmutz, beschmutzen”

    Material: Gk. λῦμα ‘smut, disgrace, shame”, λύ̄μη, “ vituperation “, λῡμαίνομαι “beschimpfe; schände; richte elendzugrunde”; λύθρον, -ος “ defilement, contamination”; Alb.Tosk lum ‘slime, mud”, Gheg lũm, Tosc ler ds. (lum-, respectively leu-d(h)r-), Illyr. PN Ludrum (: Gk. λύθρον); Lat. polluō ‘sully”, lustrum “puddle, slop”, lutum “ filth, ordure” = O.Ir. loth f. ‘smut”, Gaul. PN Lutēva, in addition Welsh (with lengthened grade) lludedic “muddy”; with other suffix M.Ir. con-luan “Hundekot”, Bret. louan ‘sale”; Lith. lutūnas, -nė “pool, Lehmpfũtze”; here probably also Lith. liū́ nas “morass”.

    References: WP. II 406.

    See also: see also under leug-2.