Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelH-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelh₁- and 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.

Proto-Indo-European

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).[1]

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

    Root

    *pelH-[2]

    1. pale, gray

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelH- (37 c, 0 e)
    • *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
      • Proto-Albanian: *plaka
        • Albanian: plak (old man)
    • *polH-wos
      • Proto-Germanic: *falwaz (see there for further descendants)
      • ? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *palwas (see there for further descendants)
    • *polH-men-s
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *palmōns
    • *pelH-en
      • Latgalian: palni
      • Latvian: pęlni (ashes)
      • Lithuanian: pelenai̇̃ (ashes)
      • Samogitian: pelenā
    Unsorted formations
    • Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: ալի (ali, “gray hair; wave”)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latgalian: palāks
      • Latvian: pelēks
      • Lithuanian: pelekas, pi̇̀lkas
      • Old Prussian: pelē
      • Slavic:
        • East Slavic:
          • Russian: пелёсый (peljósyj)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *parHušás (see there for further descendants)
    • Italic:
    • Ancient Macedonian: [script needed] (pellus)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
    2. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “vaal”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
    3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*falwa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 126–127
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