Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelH-

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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

Etymology

    Derksen 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

    *pelH-[3]

    1. pale, gray

    Derived terms

    • *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
    • *polH-wos
      • Proto-Germanic: *falwaz (see there for further descendants)
      • ? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *palwas (see there for further descendants)
    • *polH-men-s
    • *pelH-en

    References

    1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*falwa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 126–127
    2. 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
    3. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “vaal”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press