Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pleh₂-

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

    Compare *pleth₂- (flat) and *pel- (fold).

    Root

    *pleh₂-[1]

    1. flat
      Synonym: *pleth₂-

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₂- (49 c, 0 e)
    • *pleh₂-is ~ *pl̥h₂-éys[2]
      • Proto-Anatolian: *pl̥Hís
    • *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂ (palm)
      • *pleh₂-nos, *pl̥h₂-nos
        • Proto-Italic: *plānos
      • *ploh₂-no-s, *polh₂-no-s (metathesis)
        • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *plāˀnas, *palˀnas (metathesized)
          • Latgalian: pluons (thin), Latgalian: Plõnis (surname)
          • Latvian: plâns (thin)
          • Lithuanian: plonas (thin)
          • Samogitian: pluons
          • Old Prussian: plonis
          • Proto-Slavic: *pȏlnъ (see there for further descendants)
      • *pleh₂-ro- (*ploh₂-ro- is equally possible)
        • Proto-Celtic: *ɸlārom (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Germanic: *flōraz (see there for further descendants)
      • *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
        • Proto-Italic: *plāntā
      • *pleh₂-trom or *pl̥h₂-trom or *ploh₂-trom
        • Proto-Celtic: *ɸlātrom (see there for further descendants)
      • *pl̥h₂-u-tós
        • Proto-Italic: *plautos (see there for further descendants)
      • *pl̥h₂-em
        • Proto-Italic: *palam
          • Latin: palam (see there for further descendants)
      Unsorted formations
      • Armenian:
        • Old Armenian: լայն (layn, wide, broad)
        • >? Old Armenian: *հոլ- (*hol-, uncovered, naked)
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Latvian: plakans (flat, even)
        • Lithuanian: plakãnas (flat) (possibly)
        • Proto-Slavic: *poľe (Schwebeablaut) (see there for further descendants)

      References

      1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
      2. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “palḫi- / palḫai-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 620–621