Comparative evidence

leu̯

• Lat. polluō -ere ‘make foul or dirty’, ‘stain’, ‘pollute’, ‘violate’, ‘make ceremonially impure’, ‘defile with illicit sexual intercourse’ (OLD: 1398)

• Lat. lutum -ī, n. ‘mud’, ‘dirt’, ‘clay’ (OLD: 1053)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.