𒁄𒄭𒅖
Hittite
Etymology
From the zero-grade form *pl̥h₂-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“wide, broad, flat”). Originally the PIE adjective most likely inflected as:
- nominative: *pléh₂-i-s
- genitive: *pl̥h₂-éy-s
and the oblique stem was generalized.
Adjective
𒁄𒄭𒅖 • (palḫis)
(nominative singular common gender)
- wide, broad
References
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 620f