polo- : pōlo-

    polo- : pōlo-

    English meaning: swollen, fat, big

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “geschwollen, dick, groß”

    Material: Lat. polleō, -ēre “bin strong, vermöge”, Denomin. eines *pollos from *pol-no-; in addition pollex, -icis m. “Daumen, big, giant toe”; Proto-Slav. palъ in Russ. bez-palъij “fingerlos”; aR.C.S. palъcъ “Daumen” (*poliko-), etc. ; Maybe Alb. (*poliko-) prek “ touch, palpate “ perhaps in addition as “with dem Daumen touch “ Pers. pülidan ‘suchen, spũren”, Bulg. pálam ‘search, seek”, O.H.G. fuolen, Ger. fũhlen, O.E. fǣ lan, Eng. feel, (*fōljan), O.Ice. felma “tap, grope “, ablaut. falma ds.

    References: WP. II 7, 102, WH II 332 f., Vasmer 2, 305.