Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelH-
Proto-Indo-European
editAlternative reconstructions
editEtymology
editDerksen takes the original meaning of the root as "to burn, singe", whence secondary senses including "ashes" (the result of burning) and "gray" (the color of ash).[2]
Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *piľe (“dark”).
Root
edit*pelH-[3]
Derived terms
edit- *polH-nó-s
- *pelH-tó-s, *pl̥H-tós
- *pl̥H-kó-s
- *polH-wos
- *polH-men-s
- *pelH-en
- Unsorted formations:
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*falwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 126–127
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “pelenai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 348-9
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “vaal”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press