Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)telH-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *tel-
• *telH-

Root

*(s)telH-

1. to be silent, be still

Derived terms

• *(s)tl̥H-ti
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tilˀtei
    • Lithuanian: tìlti (“to fall silent, abate, subside”)
• *(s)tolH-eye-ti
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *talīˀtei
    • Lithuanian: táldyti (“to silence, calm”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *toliti (“to calm, soothe”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *talna
    • Albanian: tall (“to ridicule”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *tolīyeti (“to sleep”)
    • Old Irish: tuilid (“to sleep”)
      • ⇒ Old Irish: con·tuili
        • Middle Irish: cotlaid
          • Irish: codail
          • Manx: cadley
          • Scottish Gaelic: cadail, caidil
  • Proto-Celtic: *komtolitus
    • Old Irish: cotlud (“sleep”)
  • Proto-West Germanic: *stillī (see there for further descendants)

References