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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bel-

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

*bel- (imperfective)

  1. strength

Reconstruction notes

This root is most likely not native to Proto-Indo-European, and was probably a later borrowing, since word initial *b- only occurs in one other root (*bak-), which is also posited to be non-native due to the consistent presence of the a-grade throughout descendant words and the alternation between geminate and nongeminate *-kk- and *-k- in the derivative terms.

Descendants
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bel-‎ (2 c, 0 e)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *boľьjь (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bálas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bálam (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic:

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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