tel-2, telǝ-, telu-

    tel-2, telǝ-, telu-

    English meaning: flat, flat ground, board

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “flach, flacher Boden, Brett”

    Material: O.Ind. tala- n. ‘surface, plain, area, Ebene, palm, sole”, secondary talimam- n. “ floor “, tǘ lu n. “ palate”; Arm. t”aɫ “region, Distrikt”, t”aɫar “irden, earthen vessel, earthenware”, t”aɫem “beerdige, vergrabe”, very doubtful t”it”eln “leaf, Platte from metal “; Gk. τηλίᾱ “Wũrfelbrett, Kũchenbrett and likewise”; Lat. tellūs, -ūris f. “earth”, meditullium “Binnenland” (*telnos; tellūs after rūs reshaped); whether tabula f. “board” etc. from *tal-dhlü? O.Ir. talam (*telǝ-mō) gen. talman “earth”, M.Ir. tel, t(a)ul n. “forehead, shield boss “, WelshCorn. Bret. tal “forehead”; in Ir. is *tal with a variant Ir. tel, tul “ shield boss “ zusammengeflossen, see below *tēu- “to swell”; O.Ice. Þil(i) n. “Bretterwand”, Þilja f. “Diele, plank”, Þel n. “ground, bottom”, O.E. ðille “Diele”, ðel ‘schiffsplanke, metal sheet “, O.H.G. dil, dilo “Bretterwand, Bretterdiele”, dilla (= O.Ice. Þilja, O.E. ðille, whether these f.) “board, Diele, Schiffsdeck”, finn. (from dem Nord.) teljo “ thwart “; O.Pruss. talus “ the ankle, ankle bone; the heel; a die (originally made of the ankle bones of animals)”; Lith. pã-talas “bed”, tìlės f. pl. “Bodenbretter in barge”;Ltv. tilandi m. pl. ds., tilinât, telinât “flat ausbreiten”, tilât, tiluôt “ds., ausgebreitet lie”; aRuss. tьlo “bottom”; potolók (*tolu-ko-) “ ceiling”; with formants -to-: Lith. tìltas, Ltv. til̃ts “bridge” = O.Ind. taṭa- m. (mind. for *tr̥ta-) “bank, border, shore” (actually “gangbarer floor “)?

    References: WP. I 740, WH. II 640 f., 655, Trautmann 321, Vasmer 3, 110, Mayrhofer 1, 469, 487, 499, Specht IE Decl. 23.