Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)telH-

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

*(s)telH-^[1]^[2]

to be silent, be still

Alternative reconstructions

*tel-^[3]
*telH-^[4]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)telH- (7 c, 0 e)

*(s)tl̥H-ti^[1]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tilˀtei
  - Lithuanian: ti̇̀lti (“to fall silent, abate, subside”)
*(s)tolH-éye-ti (causative)^[4]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *talīˀtei^[5]
  - Lithuanian: táldyti (“to silence, calm”)
  - Proto-Slavic: *toliti (“to calm, soothe”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *tolīti (“to sleep”) (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Albanian: *talna
- Albanian: tall (“to ridicule”)
Proto-Celtic: *toletus
- ⇒ Old Irish: cotlud (“sleep”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-West Germanic: *stillī (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “tilti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tol-ī-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 382
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “tel-3”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1061-1063
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*telH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 621
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “taldyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447

[DerksenB_1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015), “tilti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466

[Matasovich_1-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tol-ī-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 382

[Pokorny_1-3] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “tel-3”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1061-1063

[LIV-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*telH-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 621

[DerksenB_2-5] Derksen, Rick (2015), “taldyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447

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