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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pepelh₁-o-, from a reduplicative of *pelh₁- (“to stroke, pound”). Cognate with Lithuanian pelenai̇̃ (“ashes”), plė́nis (“speck, fine ashes”), Latvian plẽne (“white ashes on coals”) and Old Prussian pelanne (“ashes”). See *paliti (“to burn”) for further potential cognates.
Noun
*pȅpelъ m
- ash, ashes
Inflection
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pȅpelъ; *pȍpelъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 395: “m. o (c) ‘ashes’”