Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pleh₂-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pleh₁- and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pleh₃(w)-

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- (“skin, hide, membrane, cloth”).

Root

*pleh₂-

1. flat

   Synonym: *pleth₂-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₂-

• *pleh₂-is ~ *pl̥h₂-éys
  • Proto-Anatolian: *pl̥Hís
    • Hittite: 𒁄𒄭𒅖 (pal-ḫi-iš /palḫis/)
• *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸlāmā
  • Proto-Germanic: *fulmō
  • Proto-Hellenic: *palámā
    • Ancient Greek: παλάμη (palámē)
  • Proto-Italic: *pəlmā
    • Latin: palma
• *pleh₂-nos, *pl̥h₂-nos
  • Proto-Italic: *plānos
    • Latin: plānus
• *ploh₂-no-s
  • *polh₂-no-s (metathesis)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *plāˀnas, *palˀnas (metathised)
      • Baltic:
        • Latvian: plāns (“thin”)
        • Lithuanian: plonas (“thin”)
        • 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
    • Latin: planta
• *pleh₂-trom or *pl̥h₂-trom or *ploh₂-trom
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸlātrom
    • Proto-Brythonic: *llọdr
      • Breton: loer
      • Old Cornish: loder
      • Welsh: llawdr
    • Old Irish: láthar
      • Middle Irish: láither, láthair
        • Irish: láthair
        • Scottish Gaelic: làthair
• *pl̥h₂-u-tós
  • Italic:
    • Latin: plautus
• *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)