dhlas- or dhelB- (: dhl̥s-)

    dhlas- or dhelB- (: dhl̥s-)

    English meaning: to squeeze, press

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “quetschen, drũcken”?

    Material: O.Ind. dhr̥ṣád- “ millstone “; Gk. θλάω “ squeeze, crush “ (IE *dhlas-ō or *dhl̥sō), ἐθλάσθην, θλαστός; Cz. dlasmati “press” (*dhlüs-mo- or *dhols-mo-); φλάω “θλάω” is hybridization of θλάω with φλί̄βω, as on the other hand φλί̄βω through hybridization with θλάω is also transfigured to θλί̄βω.

    References: WP. I 877, Schwyzer Gk. I 676.