Proto-Germanic: *láuɵra-n; ? *laugō
Meaning: lye
Old Norse: lauδr n. `Seife, Schaum'; laug f. `Lauge, Bad, Wäsche'; lɔδ-r m. `Schaum'
Norwegian: löur; laug
Old Swedish: lög
Swedish: lödder
Old Danish: lög, löv
Old English: lēaɵor `Seifenschaum'; lēδran `Seife'; lēag `Seifenschaum'
English: lye
Middle Dutch: lōghe f. `loog'
Dutch: loog f.
Middle Low German: lōge
Old High German: louga (8.Jh.) `Seifenschaum'; { luhhen `wassen' }
Middle High German: louge st./wk. f. 'lauge'
German: Lauge f.; dial. lichen, lüen `was door het water slaan'
