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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

Alternative reconstructions
  • *tel-[1]
  • *telH-

Root

*(s)telH-[2][3]

  1. to be silent, be still

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)telH-‎ (4 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)tl̥H-ti[2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tilˀtei
      • Lithuanian: tìlti (“to fall silent, abate, subside”)
  • *(s)tolH-eye-ti
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *talīˀtei[4]
      • Lithuanian: táldyti (“to silence, calm”)
      • Proto-Slavic: *toliti (“to calm, soothe”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *talna
      • Albanian: tall (“to ridicule”)
    • Proto-Celtic: *tolīyeti (“to sleep”)
    • Proto-Celtic: *komtolitus
      • Old Irish: cotlud (“sleep”)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *stillī (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “tel-3”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1061-1063
  2. 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
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tol-ī-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 382
  4. 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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