Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂el-

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

Root

*h₂el- (imperfective)

2. to grow, nourish

Derived terms

• *h₂él-e-ti (thematic root present)
• *h₂ol-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Germanic: *aljaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *oleō
    • Latin: *oleō (found only in compounds: aboleō, adoleō etc.)
• *h₂el-o-mno- (mediopassive participle)
  • Proto-Italic: *alomnos
    • Latin: alumnus
• *h₂el-mn̥-to-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: alimentum (inserted -i-)
• *h₂el-mos
  • Proto-Italic: *almos
    • Latin: almus
• *h₂él-ti-s ~ *h₂l̥-téy-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *aldiz
• *h₂el-tó-s
  • Proto-Celtic: *altos
  • Proto-Germanic: *aldaz
  • Italic:
    • Latin: altus
• *h₂el-wó-s
  • Italic:
    • Latin: alvus
• *pro-h₂el-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: proles, prōlēs
• *h₂el-dʰ-
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἀλθαίνω (althaínō) ('I heal' LSJ at Perseus)

Root

*h₂el-

2. beyond, other

Derived terms

• *h₂él-yo-s
• *h₂él-tero-s
• *h₂el-no- ~ *h₂elnós
  • Proto-Germanic: *allaz
  • Proto-Tocharian: *ālle-kä
    • Tocharian A: ālak
    • Tocharian B: allek
• *h₂ol-no- ~ *h₂l̥-no-
  • Italic:
    • Latin: ollus, olle, ille
  • Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *olni
      • Old Church Slavonic: лани (lani), Old East Slavic: лони (loni)
• *h₂olyos
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ողջ (ołǰ)
  • Proto-Celtic: *olyos (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Italic:
    • Latin: uls, ulter, ōlim
  • Tocharian:
    • Tocharian B: āläm
    • Tocharian B: ālo

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag