Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/gel-

This entry contains Proto-Indo-European reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*gel-

1. to be cold, to freeze

Descendants

• Baltic:
  • Lithuanian: gelumà
• Germanic: *kalaną, *kaldaz, *kōlaz
• Iranian
  • Kurdish: sar
• Italic:
  • Latin: gelū, gelidus
• Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: голоть (golotĭ)