ghel-

    ghel-

    English meaning: to call, cry

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “rufen, schreien”

    Note: also in bird name, with -b-, -bh- and -d- extended. compare the similar to onomatopoeic words gal-, qel-.

    Material: O.Ind. pra-galbhá-ḥ “ courageous, determined “ (: O.H.G. gelbōn ); Gk. χελιδών ‘swallow”, older χελῑδFών; the high-pitched sound coloring -ī- reminds anM.H.G. glīen “cry, esp. from bird of prey”, redupl. Gk. κίχλη, syrak. κιχήλᾱ “choke”;

    Note: Maybe Alb. (*harundinis ) dalëndyshe “a swallow” : Lat. harundo -inis f. “a reed; meton., for an object made of reed, a fishing rod; limed twigs for catching birds” : hirundo -inis, f. ‘swallow”. Similar phonetic setting Alb. dimën “winter” : Lat. hiemo -are “to winter, spend the winter” [see Root ĝhei-2 : ĝhi- : “winter; snow” Lat. and Alb. prove that the original Root aro-m : “reed” was (*ĝher-). Only Lat. and Alb. have preserved the old laryngeal ḫ-. There is no doubt that from Illyr.-Alb.- Lat. (*harundinis ) dalëndyshe “a swallow” [common Alb. ĝh- > d- phonetic mutation] derived Gk. χελιδών ‘swallow”, therefore Root ghel- : “to call, cry” derived from Root aro-m : “reed” (*ĝher-) where r/l allophones. O.Ice. gjalla (st. V.) “ resonate”, O.E. giellan (st. V.) “cry”, O.H.G. gellan ‘sound, clink, cry”, Ger. gellen (-ll- from -ln- or rather pure sound echo consonant increase); O.N. gala (preterit gōl) “cry, crow, cackle, sing”, O.E. O.S. O.H.G. galan ‘sing; also enchant, fix a spell upon, bewitch, enchant “ (Gmc. present with -a- due to a perf. with IE ō); Goth. gōljan “ greet “ (actually “*shout “, as O.Fris. gēla “hunt, chase” actually “ das Wild durch Geschrei aufstöbern “; lengthened grades iterative, presumably denominative) O.N. gø̄ la “ make happy, please, comfort “, O.S. gōlian “ gladden “; O.H.G. guol-līh “ boasting “, ur-guol “illustrious”; O.H.G. O.S. galm, M.H.G. galm, gelm m. “ clangor, din, fuss, noise”, O.H.G. nahti-gala f. “ nightingale “, O.Ice. galdr m. “ singing, magic song “, O.E. gealdor n. “ magic song “, O.H.G. galdar, kalter and galstar n. ds., O.Ice. gallr, gjallr “ clinking “; ō-grade (as Goth. gōljan ) Russ. galitь-sja “ deride “, dial. galúcha, galь f. “fun, laughter “, nagálitь “ taktmäßig schreien, singen, bei der Arbeit “ etc. b- and bh-extension: O.E. gielpan (st. V.) “brag, boast”, M.H.G. gelpfen, gelfen “cry, sing, brag, boast”, O.Ice. gjalp n. “ boastfulness “, O.E. gielp ds., O.S. gelp “Trotzrede, derision, ridicule”, O.H.G. gelph “Trotzrede, boastfulness “, adj. “lustig, minxish, wanton”, O.H.G. gelbōn “jemd. deceive “, O.S. galpōn (schw. V.) “loud cry, brag, boast”, Dan. gylpe, gulpe “ shout, cry like a raven “ (with Gmc. ƀ O.Ice. gjalfr “ Wellengetöse “, gylfi “king, prince, lord”, gylfin n. “fiend, demon”, gylfra f. “ witch “, gylfringr m. ‘sword”, M.L.G. gelve “ surge “, Dutch golf “wave”, dial. galveren, golveren ‘sound, howl”); Lith. gul̃binti “ vaunt, praise “; about gul̃bas ‘swan” s. S. 431; perhaps after Machek (Slavia 16, 198) here with expressive ch- Slav. *chъlbiti sę “ boast “, *chъlba “ boastfulness “ in Cz. chlubiti se, chlouba (old chlúba), etc.; possibly also Slav. *chorbrъ (from *gholbh-lo-) “valiant” in O.Bulg. chrabьrъ, chrabъrъ “ warlike “ etc. (compare above O.Ind. pra-galbhá-ḥ). Dental extension Gmc. gelt- : Ice. gelta (*galtjan) “bark, bay”, O.H.G. gelzōn “ utter the voice, squeal “.

    References: WP. I 628.