sp(h)elĝh(en, -ā), splenĝh-, splē̆ĝh-

    sp(h)elĝh(en, -ā), splenĝh-, splē̆ĝh-

    English meaning: spleen

    Note: taboo deformed

    Material: O.Ind. plīhá n-, Av. spǝrǝzan- m., Arm. p”aicaɫn, Gk. σπλήν (*σπληγχ, compare σπλάγχνα nom. pl. “ intestines, entrails “), Lat. liēn, O.Ir. selg f., M.Bret. felc”h, O.C.S. slězena. Maybe from Av. spǝrǝzan derived Alb. (*spelǝtan) shpretna ‘spleen”.

    References: WP. II 680, WH. I 789, Trautmann 256, Vasmer 2, 605, Turner BSOAS 18, 451; different Specht, Die old Sprachen 5, 120.