Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/palwas

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Formal cognate with Proto-Germanic *falwaz (pale, gray, fallow), pointing to Proto-Indo-European *pol(H)wos; from the root *pelH- (pale, gray). From the same root derive Ancient Greek πολιός (poliós, gray, hoary, pale, light), Latin palleō (I am pale, fade), Sanskrit पलित (palitá-, grey, hoary), Old Armenian ալի (ali, gray hair).

Adjective edit

*palwas[1][2]

  1. pale yellow

Descendants edit

  • Lithuanian: pal̃vas
  • Proto-Slavic: *polvъ (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*polvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 412:*polwos
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “palvas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343:*polwos