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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

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

Root

*pelH-[2]

  1. pale, gray

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelH-
  • *polH-nós
    • Proto-Italic: *polnos
      • Latin: pullus (see there for further descendants)
  • *polH-tós
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *palHtás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *palHtás
        • Sanskrit: पलित (palitá, “gray”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *pl̥H-tós
    • Proto-Celtic: *ɸlētos (see there for further descendants)
  • *polH-wos
    • Proto-Germanic: *falwaz (see there for further descendants)
    •  ? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *palwas (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 (peljósyj)
    • Proto-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, →ISBN
  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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