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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Possibly related to Proto-Uralic *piľe (“dark”).

Root

*pelH- [2]

  1. pale, gray

Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*pelH-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *pelH-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *pelH-</a>
  • *polH-tós
    • Indo-Iranian: *palHtás
      • Indo-Aryan: *palHtás
  • *polH-wos
    • Germanic: *falwaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Albanian: plak (“old man”)
    • Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: ալի (ali, “gray hair; wave”)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: pelēks
      • Lithuanian: pelekas, pìlkas
      • Old Prussian: pelē
      • Slavic:
        • East Slavic:
          • Russian: пелёсый (pelësyj)
    • Celtic: *ɸlētos (see there for further descendants)
    • Indo-Iranian: *parHušás (see there for further descendants)
    • Italic:
    • Ancient Macedonian: [script needed] (pellus)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “falwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  2. 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
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