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Proto-Indo-European
Root
*bʰel-
to sound ; to speak , roar , bark
Derived terms
*bʰleh₁-
*bʰel(h₁)-nos ( n -participle)
Proto-Germanic: *bellǭ ( “ bell ” ) ( *-eh₂ reflex ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ Proto-Germanic: *bellaną ( “ to roar ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*bʰol-s-(o-)s ( (thematicized) s -stem )
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *balsas
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰálšas
Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bʰā́ṣas ( possibly via Fortunatov's law )
⇒ ? Sanskrit: भाषा f ( bhāṣā , “ speech, language ” ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ ? Sanskrit: भाष् ( bhāṣ , “ to speak ” , reanalyzed root ) ( see derived terms )
*bʰl̥- ( zero-grade )
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *biltei
Lithuanian: bilti ( “ to speak ” )
⇒ Lithuanian: byla ( “ speech; case, file ” )
Old Prussian: billīt , billītwei ( “ to say, speak ” )
Proto-Slavic: *bьltati ( “ to babble ” ) ( extended with -t- )
*bʰl̥d- ( zero-grade, extended with -d- )
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bilstei
Lithuanian: bilsti ( “ to knock, rumble ” )
Latvian: bilst ( “ to utter ” ) (bildu )
Latvian: bildēt ( “ to speak ” )
Lithuanian: bildėti ( “ to knock, make noise ” )
Proto-Germanic:
Unsorted formations
( perhaps ) Proto-Tocharian: *päl- ( “ to praise, commend ” )
Root
*bʰel-
? to blaze , burn ; to glow , shine , be bright or brightly colored
? bright flame , fire
Synonyms: *h₁n̥gʷnís , *h₂eh₁ter- , *h₂eydʰ- , *péh₂wr̥
shiny , white
Reconstruction notes
The inclusion of descendants meaning “marsh” is doubtful and has also been attributed to substrate origin; see Proto-Germanic *pōlaz for more.
Derived terms
*bʰólH-teh₂
> ? Proto-Albanian: *baltā ( “ marsh, swamp ” )
*bʰél-g-os- ~ *bʰél-g-es-
*bʰle-g-
*bʰl̥-g-eh₁-ye-ti
Proto-Italic: *folgēō
Latin: fulgeō (see there for further descendants )
*bʰl̥-g-os-
Pre-Latin: *folgos
Latin: fulgur (see there for further descendants )
*bʰl̥-g-ro-
*bʰl̥-g-mh₂
⇒ ? *bʰl-ey-ǵ-
*bʰel-h₁- , *bʰl-eh₁-
⇒ *bʰl̥h₁-wó-s
⇒ ? *bʰl̥h₁-u-k-
Proto-Italic: *flāwos
> ? Latin: flāvus ( “ yellow ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*bʰolH-o-
Proto-Balto-Slavic:
Latgalian: bõls ( “ pale, dull ” )
Latvian: bāls ( “ pale ” )
Lithuanian: bãlas ( “ white, anemone ” )
Samogitian: bals ( “ anemone ” )
*bʰl̥H-o-
*bʰḗlH-o- / *bʰl̥-ós
Proto-Balto-Slavic:
Proto-Slavic: *bělъ ( “ white ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *bēlą ( “ (bon)fire, pyre ” )
Unsorted formations
Albanian: bal , balo
Latgalian: blõvs ( “ dim ” )
Latvian: blāvs ( “ dim ” )
Lithuanian: blãvas
Indo-Iranian:
Indo-Aryan:
Sanskrit: भाल ( bhāla , “ splendour ” )
Old Armenian: բալ ( bal , “ fog ” )
Root
*bʰel-
to blow , to swell up
Derived terms
*bʰel-ǵʰ-
*bʰl-eh₁-
*bʰl-ew-
*bʰl-eh₂-yé-ti
*bʰél-mn̥
> ? Proto-Armenian: ( or from the n -stem below )
Old Armenian: բեղմն ( bełmn , “ semen ” )
Old Armenian: բեղուն ( bełun , “ fruit, product; semen ” ) , բեղն ( bełn ) → Armenian: բեղուն ( beġun ) ( learned )
*bʰél-ō ~ *bʰl̥-n-ós/és ( “ round object ” , n -stem noun) ( Pokorny considered a heteroclitic *bʰélr̥ ~ *bʰl̥nés )
Proto-Germanic: *bullô m , *bullǭ f ( “ ball, bowl ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *bellǭ ( “ ~ knoll ” )
Proto-Hellenic: *pʰə́llōn ( with schwa and geminate *ll taken from the oblique stem )
Ancient Greek: *φάλλων ( *phállōn )
⇒ ? Ancient Greek: φάλλαινα ( phállaina , “ whale ” ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ *bʰól-ō ( o -grade)
Proto-Germanic: *ballô , *balluz (see there for further descendants )
⇒ *bʰl-ḗn ~ *bʰl̥-n-ós/és ( “ round body part, penis, testicle? ” )
Proto-Germanic: *bulô , *bullô ( “ bull ” ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ *bʰl̥n-ós
Proto-Celtic: *ballos (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Hellenic: *pʰəllós
Ancient Greek: φαλλός ( phallós ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ *bʰ(o)ln-is
Proto-Italic: *folnis
Latin: follis ( “ bag; bellows; ball ” ) ( and/or from *bʰelǵʰ- ? ) (see there for further descendants )
*bʰol-tos ( t -participle)
> ? Proto-Germanic: *balþaz ( “ bold ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Unsorted formations:
→ ? Ancient Greek: βαλλίον ( ballíon ) ( from a dialect that preserved the voicing of *bʰ )
Ancient Greek: φάλης ( phálēs )
German: Bille ( “ penis ” ) ( dialectal )
Root
*bʰel-
henbane
Reconstruction notes
Pokorny lists *bhel- "henbane" separately but allows the possibility that it is the same as *bhel- "shiny, white." Neither Derksen, nor Kroonen gloss their PIE reconstructions for "henbane".
Derived terms
*bʰel-(e)n-
⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic: ( thematicized )
Proto-Slavic: *bel(e)nъ ( “ day-dream, henbane ” ) (see there for further descendants )
? *bʰel-ek- or *bʰel-iḱ-
Proto-Italic: *feleks , *feliks
> ? Latin: filix ( “ fern ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*bʰel-es-
⇒ Proto-Germanic: ( thematicized )
Unsorted formations
References
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*bellan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ) , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN , page 58
^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992 ) “bilst ”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2015 ) “bildėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13 ), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 90
^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973 ) “болтать ”, in Oleg Trubachyov , transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013 ) “päl-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10 ), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN , pages 402-403
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “flagrō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 224 : “PIt. * flagro-, *flagma. The noun flamma reflects a noun *flag-ma from a zero grade *bʰl̥-g-m- ”
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991 ) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN , page 177 : “flamma < *bhlagmā ”
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998 ) “blokër ”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary , Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN , page 30
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*bělъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 40
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*bēla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ) , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN , page 57
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959 ) “3. bhel-, bhlē- ”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 120–122
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*bellōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ) , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN , page 58
^ Leumann, Manu , Hofmann, Johann Baptist, Szantyr, Anton (1977 ) Lateinische Grammatik: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre , CH Beck, page 158f
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*ballan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ) , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN , page 50 : “nom. *balō , gen. *ballaz < *bʰol-ōn , *bʰl-n-ós ”
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*bul(l)an-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ) , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN , pages 83–84
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013 ) “*balþ/da-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 ) , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN , page 50
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959 ) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 120
^ Derksen, Rick (2008 ) “*bel(e)nъ, *belena, *bolnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 35
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008 ) “filix”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN , page 220