Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*lewh₃-
3 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-, most common first.
- lyeAn alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
- laveTo bathe or wash (someone or something).
- antediluvianBelonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.