Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pelH-

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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

• *pel-[1]

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:
    • Latin: palleō; pallidus
  • 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