Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelH-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelh₁- and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelh₂-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*pel-^[1]

Etymology edit

Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *piľe (“dark”).

Root edit

*pelH-^[2]

pale, gray

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelH-‎ (9 c, 0 e)

*polH-nó-s
- Proto-Italic: *polnos
  - Latin: pullus (see there for further descendants)
*pelH-tó-s, *pl̥H-tós
- Proto-Celtic: *ɸlētos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *palHtás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *palHtás
    - Sanskrit: पलित (palitá, “gray”) (see there for further descendants)
*pl̥H-kó-s
- Proto-Albanian: *plaka
  - Albanian: plak (old man)
*polH-wos
- Proto-Germanic: *falwaz (see there for further descendants)
- ? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *palwas (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: ալի (ali, “gray hair; wave”)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Latvian: pelēks
  - Lithuanian: pelekas, pìlkas
  - Old Prussian: pelē
  - Slavic:
    - East Slavic:
      - Russian: пелёсый (peljósyj)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *parHušás (see there for further descendants)
- Italic:
  - Latin: palleō; pallidus
- Ancient Macedonian: [script needed] (pellus)

References edit

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “falwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ 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

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “falwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] 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

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