gʷel-3, gʷel-, gʷlā-

    gʷel-3, gʷel-, gʷlā-

    English meaning: acorn; oak?

    Deutsche Übersetzung: probably ursprũnglich “Eiche”

    Note: only in derivatives with the meaning “ acorn “ receive (after Specht IE Decl. 60 f. previous noun gʷel-s, secondary gʷl̥ ̄-s, gen. gʷel-ós)

    Material: Arm. kaɫin, gen. kaɫnoi “ acorn “ (*gʷеl(ǝ)-eno-, das ɫ from dem gen.); kaɫni “oak”; Gk. βάλανος m. “ acorn “ (gʷel-ǝno-); urBalt *gīls (*gʷl̥̄-s), gen. *gīlé s, worfrom *gīlii̯ ü in Ltv. (d)zīle, Lith. gylė̃, and *gĭlii̯a in Lith. gìlė “ acorn “, O.Pruss. gile “ acorn, oak”; extension -n-d- in: Lat. glüns, glandis f. “ acorn “; Lith. giléndra, giléndrė “reiche Ernte an Frũchten (originally Eicheln”); R.C.S. želudь (Slav. *želǫ dъ) m. “ acorn “, Ser.-Cr. žȅ lû d m., Russ. žó ludь m. ds.

    References: WP. I 692, WH. I 604 f., Trautmann 82, Specht KZ. 66, 56, Indog. Decl. 60 f., 173, 230.