lye

Signification (English)

Noun

1. An alkaline liquid made by leaching ashes (usually wood ashes).
2. Potassium or sodium hydroxide (caustic soda).

Verb

To treat with lye.

Verb

Obsolete spelling of lie..

Concepts

lessive

soude

potasse caustique

potasse

soude caustique

condiment pour la coca

lessive de soude

Synonyms

alkali

alkaline

salt

🧂

alkaline solution

lixivium

buck

caustic soda

leach

basic salt

potash

soda

sodium hydroxide

soot

ashes

alkaline salt

ash

alkali liquor

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/laɪ/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: leye

Inherited from ancien anglais: lēah

Cognate with saterlandais: Loge

Cognate with néerlandais: loog

Cognate with allemand: Lauge

In summary

From Middle English leye, lye, from Old English lēah, lēag (“lye”), from Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Loge, Looie (“lye”), Dutch loog (“lye”), German Low German Loge, Loje, Loog (“lye”), German Lauge (“lye”).