Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kel-

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

    Root

    *(s)kel-

    1. to bend, crook
    2. bent, crooked
    3. (bent or curved body parts) leg, heel, knee, hip

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kel- (9 c, 0 e)
    • *skél-ko-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *skelhaz
    • *skél-os ~ *skél-es-os
      • Proto-Hellenic: *skélos
        • Ancient Greek: σκέλος (skélos), τρισκελίς (triskelís)
      • Proto-Italic: *skelos
        • Latin: scelus (see there for further descendants)
    • *skél-o-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Proto-Iranian:
      • *skelo-wer-o-
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
          • Proto-Iranian: *šarawāra-
            • Persian: شلوار (šalvâr) (see there for further descendants)
            • Arabic: سِرْوَال (sirwāl), سِرْبَال (sirbāl), شِرْوَال (širwāl) (dialectal), شَرْوَال (šarwāl) (modern), سِرْوَل (sirwal), سِرْوِيل (sirwīl) (see there for further descendants)
            • Biblical Aramaic: סַרְבָּלָא
            • Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סַרְבָּלָא (sarbālā, trousers; a type of outer garment)
            • Ancient Greek: σαράβαρα (sarábara), σαράβαλλα (saráballa, Scythian loose trousers)
            • Latin: sarabala, sarabāra ((Scythian) wide trousers)
            • Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡓࡅࡀࡋࡀ (šaruala, trousers)
            • Classical Syriac: ܫܪܒܠܐ (šarbālā, trousers), ܫܪܘܠܐ du (šarwālē, leggings)
    • *skol-ó-s
    • *kōl-o-m
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: κῶλον (kôlon) (see there for further descendants)
    • *kól-ō
      • Proto-Hellenic: *kólō
        • Ancient Greek: κόλων (kólōn)
    Unsorted formations

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κυλλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 800–801

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