lye

Signification (Anglais)

Concepts

potasse caustique

condiment pour la coca

lessive de soude

Traductions

αλισίβα

lejia

διάλυμα

soluzione alcalina

lessiu

ισχυρό αλκαλικό διάλυμα

αλισία

Fréquence

37k
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/laɪ/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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”). Compare typologically Ancient Greek ῥύμμα (rhúmma) < ῥύπτω (rhúptō, “to cleanse, to wash”).

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