Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *lauþrąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_lauþrą
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λουτρόνa bath, wash-room𒆷𒀀𒄷𒄿to pour*lewh₃-to wash*lówh₃tromthat which is used for washinglóatharwash-basin
nounneutera-stemnitre used as soap, soapfoam, latherFrom Proto-Indo-European *lówh₃trom (‘that which is used for washing’), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (‘to wash, bathe’) + *-trom (equivalent to *-þrą). Cognate with Ancient Greek λουτρόν (loutrón, ‘a bath, wash-room’), Old Irish lóathar (‘wash-basin’). Kroonen attributes the Germanic o-grade to a different reconstruction of the root as *leh₃-, extended as *lh₃-éw-, based on Hittite 𒆷𒀀𒄷𒄿 (la-a-ḫu-i, ‘to pour’), though this is unlikely and there are other possible explanations.