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.

Extension of *pel- (“to drive”).

*pelh₂- (perfective)^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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• *pélh₂-t ~ *pl̥h₂-ént (athematic perfective)^[2]
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πλῆτο (plêto), πλῆντο (plênto)
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Umbrian: 𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌔𐌕 (apelust), 𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌋𐌖𐌔 (apelus, “to bring near”, 3sg.fut.perf) (+ *am-)
• *pl̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *pl̥-n-h₂-énti (*né-infix imperfective)^[3][2][4]
  • Proto-Albanian: *pelna
    • Albanian: pjell
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸalnati
    • Proto-Brythonic: *alnad (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Old Irish: ad·ella
      • Middle Irish: aidlid
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pəlnaō, *pəlnamai
    • Ancient Greek: πιλνάω (pilnáō), πίλνᾰμαι (pílnamai)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Iranian:
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬈 (pər^əne)
  • Proto-Italic: *pelnaō
    • Latin: appellō, compellō, interpellō
• *pe-pólh₂-e ~ *pe-pl̥h₂-ḗr (stative)^[2]
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πεπλημένος (peplēménos)
  • Proto-Italic: *pepolai
    • Latin: pepulī
• *pélh₂-s^[5]
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pélas
    • Ancient Greek: πέλᾰς (pélas)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *plā́n (< *pléh₂-m̥?)
    • Ancient Greek: πλήν (plḗn)

      Aeolic Greek: πλᾱ́ν (plā́n)

      Doric Greek: πλᾱ́ν (plā́n)

• *pl̥h₂-tós
  • Proto-Hellenic: *plātos
    • Ancient Greek: πλᾱτός (plātós), ἄπλητος (áplētos)

      Epic Greek: ἄπλᾱτος (áplātos)

      Ionic Greek: ἄπλᾱτος (áplātos)

• *pelh₂-teh₂-
  • Proto-Hellenic: *pelatās
    • Ancient Greek: πελάτης (pelátēs)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: πελάτις (pelátis), πλᾶτις (plâtis), πλησίος (plēsíos), πλήτης (plḗtēs)