el-4, ol-

    el-4, ol-

    English meaning: expressive root, onomatopoeic words

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Schallwurzel

    Material: Arm. aɫmuk “din, fuss, noise, agitation etc.” (*l̥mo-), alavt”-k” “ imploration”, olb “lament”, olok” “urgent request”; Gk. ὄλολυς “lamenter, effeminate person”, ὀλολυγή “ wailing, lament “, ὀλοφυδνός “ lamenting”, ὀλοφύρομαι “ lament “; perhaps also ἔλεγος n. “dirge”, ἔλεος m., later n. “pity”; asl. jalmr “din, fuss, noise”, jalma ‘shout, make a harsh noise, hiss, whiz, rattle, crack, creak, rustle, clatter, tinkle, jingle, chink “, Nor. dial. jalm, jelm “ clangor “, Swe. dial. jalm ‘scream, harsh sound “; Nor. dial. alka “ starts to complain “, E.Fris. ulken “ drive to confusion, cry, mock, scoff “ (Ger. ulken), Swe. dial. alken “ begin to growl “; Lith. nualde ́ti ‘sound”, algóti “ summon, name”; perhaps belong also the names for waterfowl from a root el-, ol- here (yet s. S. 304); somewhat different is the sensation value from ul-.

    References: WP. I 153 f., Pisani Armen. 8 f.