Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kelH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains 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

*kelH-

1. to rise, to be tall
2. hill

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelH-

• (perhaps) *kl̥-né-H-ti ~ *kl̥-n-H-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Italic: *kelnō
    • Latin: *cellō
      • ⇒ celsus (past participle) (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ (ante)cellō, (ex)cellō, (prae)cellō (see there for further descendants)
    • South Picene: 𐌄𐌑𐌄𐌋𐌔𐌉𐌕 (eíelsit)
• *kélH-mn̥ ~ *kl̥H-mén-s
  • ⇒ *kl̥H-mṓ (on-stem)
    • ⇒ *kl̥H-mós (thematicized)
      • Proto-Germanic: *hulmaz (“hill, mound, small island”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *kólH-mn̥ (o-grade)
    • Proto-Italic: *kolamen
      • Latin: columen, culmen (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ *kolH-m̥n-eh₂
      • Proto-Italic: *kolemnā
        • Latin: columna (see there for further descendants)
• *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *hulliz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *kolnis
    • Latin: collis (see there for further descendants)
• *kolH-nó-s (“hill”)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kalˀnás
    • Latgalian: kolns
    • Latvian: kal̂ns
    • Lithuanian: kálnas
• *kolH-ō-no-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kolōnós
    • Ancient Greek: κολωνός (kolōnós)
• *kolH-ō-neh₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kolōnā́
    • Ancient Greek: κολώνη (kolṓnē)
• *kolH-weh₂
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kalˀwāˀ
    • Latvian: kalva
    • Lithuanian: kalvà
• *kolH-bʰ-
  • >? Proto-Hellenic: *kolopʰōn
    • Ancient Greek: κολοφών (kolophṓn) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latgalian: ceļt
    • Latvian: cel̂t
    • Lithuanian: kélti
    • Lithuanian: kìlti