Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gel-

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

Root

*gel-

  1. to be cold, to freeze

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel- (35 c, 0 e)
  • *gol- (o-grade root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *kalaną (“to be cold”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gol-tó-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *kaldaz (“cold”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *gol-i-
    • Proto-Germanic: *kaliz (see there for further descendants)
  • *gel-u-
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: gelus m, gelū n (“frost”), gelidus (“icy, frosty”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Baltic:
        • Lithuanian: gelumà
        • →? Proto-Finno-Permic: *külmä (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Slavic: *golotь
        • Old Church Slavonic: голоть (golotĭ)
      • >? Proto-Slavic: *xȏldъ
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kalan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277
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