plēi-, plǝi-, plī-

    plēi-, plǝi-, plī-

    English meaning: naked, bare, bald

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “kahl, bloß”

    Material: Nor. dial. flein “naked, bald, bleak, naked”, Subst. “kahler Fleck”, fleina “entblößt, baldheaded become” and “die Zähne show, grinsen”; Lith. plūnas “eben, bare, baldheaded “, Lith. plūnė, pleĩnė “kahleEbene”; plìkas “ baldheaded “, plìkė “Kahlkopf, nackte Ebene”, pleĩkė “Glatze”, plinkù, plìkti “ baldheaded become”, Ltv. pliks, pleiks “entblößt, naked, bald, bleak”; R.C.S. plěšь “Kahlheit”, plěšivь “naked, bald, bleak”, Cz. pleš f. “Glatze” etc., compare also Nor. flisa “grinsen, lachen, kichern”, fleis “face” (eig. “grinsendes face, Grimasse”), flire “kichern, lachen”, O.Ice. flim “ derision “; here also the oberItal. (raet.) PN Plinius.

    References: WP. II 93, Trautmann 226 f.; Vasmer 2, 371 f.;

    See also: compare under under plēk̂ - etc.