k̂el-2

    k̂el-2

    English meaning: to incline

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “neigen”

    Material: basis the viel reicher entwickelten root form k̂lei- “lean” (see under) and very probably in consecutive words anzuerkennen: Lat. auscultō “horche, lausche”, originally “neige das ear” from *auscl̥türe, derivative from *from-kl̥tos (Specht IE Decl. 285, 333); different WH. I 86 f.; Lith. šalì s ‘seite, region”; O.Ice. hallr, O.E. heald, O.H.G. hald “geneigt”, O.H.G. halda, Ger. Halde “Bergabhang” (O.Ice. halla “ incline “, O.H.G. haldōn ‘sich neigen”, O.Ice. hella “diffuse, ein vessel neigen”, as Swiss helde), Goth. wilja-halÞei “Neigung, Gunst”; Goth. hulÞs “geneigten Sinnes, gracious”, O.Ice. hollr, O.E. O.S. O.H.G. Ger. hold ds. (O.H.G. huldī “Huld, Geneigtheit” etc.); in addition also M.L.G. helde f. ‘slope”, nd. hille “room about den Viehställen zum Schlafen” (from hilde “geneigte, schräge cover”) and die N.. family of Nor. hjell ‘scaffold, trestle, bottom”, older Dan. hjæld “Heuboden, Hũhnersteige, Seller”, O.Ice. hjallr ‘scaffold, trestle, elevation”, hjalli “Absatz, Terrasse”, hilla “ cornice, board, Regal” (= M.L.G. hilde); changing through ablaut Dan. hylde “Regal”, Swe. hylla.

    References: WP. I 430 f., WH. I 86 f., 235;

    See also: about kel- “ incline “ (with Velar) s. (s)kel- “bend”.