lye
English
/laɪ/
noun
Definitions
- An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
- Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).
Etymology
Derived from Old English lēag derived from Proto-Germanic *laugō derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (wash, bathe, cut off, separate).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewh₃-
Gloss
wash, bathe, cut off, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ablute English
- antediluvian English
- dissoluble English
- eluent English
- elution English
- exolve English
- latrine English
- lyed English
- lyest English
- lyeth English
- resolute English
- solve English
- lauantai Finnish
- abluo Latin
- abluēns Latin
- ablūtiō Latin
- absolvere Latin
- absolvo Latin
- absolūtiōnem Latin
- alluvio Latin
- diluo Latin
- diluvium Latin
- dissolutus Latin
- dissolvere, dissolvo Latin
- dissolvo Latin
- dissolvēns Latin
- dissolūtiō Latin
- dīluvium Latin
- dīlūtus Latin
- eluo Latin
- exsolvo Latin
- latrina Latin
- lavabrum Latin
- lavandaria Latin
- lavāre Latin
- lavō Latin
- lomentum Latin
- lora Latin
- luo Latin
- lūstrum Latin
- persolvo Latin
- resolvo Latin
- resolvō Latin
- resolūtiō Latin
- solutio Latin
- solutus Latin
- solvo Latin
- solūtiōnem Latin
- ēlūtus Latin
- λούω Ancient Greek
- λύθρον Ancient Greek
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃eti Proto-Indo-European
- *léwh₃trom, *lówh₃trom Proto-Indo-European
- *plew- Proto-Indo-European
- lørdag Norwegian Bokmål
- *laugō Proto-Germanic
- *laugōz dagaz Proto-Germanic
- laurdag Norwegian Nynorsk
- lēag Old English
- dagr Old Norse
- laug Old Norse
- laugardagr Old Norse
- lýja Old Norse
- absolu Old French
- laugardagur Icelandic
- louga Old High German
- լոգանամ Old Armenian
- leygardagur Faroese
- *lōga Old Dutch
- *lowentenā Proto-Celtic
- lávvardat Northern Sami
- løghardagher Old Swedish
- *lawaō Proto-Italic
- *lau- Proto-Albanian
- lavâse Ligurian
- løghærdagh Old Danish
- ljordağ Scanian