īl-, īlu-

    īl-, īlu-

    English meaning: dirt; black

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlamm” and ‘schwarz” (= ‘schmutzig”? or umgekehrt ‘schlamm, Moor” as das “Dunkle”?)

    Material: Gk. ἰλύ̄ς, -ύος f. ‘slime, mud, ordure; dregs, sediment (of wine); impurity “, εἰλύ (i.e. ἰλύ) μέλαν Hes.; Ltv. īls “ very dark “ (*īlus); O.C.S. ilъ “ mud, mire, dirt; clay; bog “, Russ. iɫ, gen. íɫa ‘slime, mud”, Cz. jíl ‘slime, mud, loam, clay”, Pol. iɫ, jeɫ “ clay, natural dampness of earth “, wherefore maybe the name of the whitefish living in the mud (Squalius vulgaris), Russ. jeléc, gen. jelcá, Cz. jelec, jilec, Pol. jelec, nsorb. jalica (to Anlautswechsel compare under īli- “ groin, intestines “).

    References: WP. I 163, Trautmann 103.