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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pǝrǝ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cloak on armour
Russian meaning: накидка на доспехах
Middle Japanese: foro
Tokyo: hóro
Kyoto: hórò
Kagoshima: hóro
Comments: Accent is not quite clear (both Kyoto and Kagoshima may reflect literary influence).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`i̯ole
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: blanket, skin (as covering)
Russian meaning: одеяло, покрышка из кожи
Turkic: *Eltiri
Mongolian: *hel-de-
Tungus-Manchu: *pul-sa
Japanese: *pǝrǝ
Comments: KW 119.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Eltiri
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: skin of kid or lamb
Russian meaning: шкура козленка или ягненка, каракуль
Karakhanid: elri, eldiri (MK)
Turkish: elteri (dial.)
Tatar: iltĭr
Middle Turkic: eltirik (IM)
Uighur: älterä
Turkmen: elteri, elter (dial.)
Kazakh: eltĭrĭ
Noghai: eltiri
Bashkir: iltĭr
Balkar: eltĭrĭ, eltir
Karakalpak: eltiri
Kumyk: eltir
Comments: EDT 135, ЭСТЯ 1, 269-270.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *hel-de-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to dress, soften, tan (of leather)
Russian meaning: дубить, разминать (кожу)
Written Mongolian: elde- (L 307)
Khalkha: elde-
Buriat: elde-
Kalmuck: eld-
Ordos: elde-
Baoan: fǝlǝ-
Shary-Yoghur: elde- ( < lit.)
Comments: KW 119, MGCD 256.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pul-sa
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: blanket, sleeping bag
Russian meaning: одеяло, спальный мешок
Evenki: hulla
Even: hụlrъ̣
Negidal: xola
Ulcha: pụlta
Orok: pụlta
Nanai: polta
Oroch: xukta
Udighe: xulaha
Solon: ula
Comments: ТМС 2, 345.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṗVlV
Meaning: cloth, cover
Indo-European: *pel- (+897?)
Altaic: *p`i̯ole
Kartvelian: ? *pal-
Dravidian: *poḷ-
References: Bomhard 1996, 148-149; ND 1842 *P_oẑ(V)ʡV 'to become hard on the surface, hard surface' (IE-Drav., but hardly Ur.; + Arab.?).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *pel[e](w)-, *plē(w)-
Meaning: skin, hide
Old Greek: {pélas 'Haut' - nowhere found!}, pélma n. `Sohle am Fuss oder Schuh', péltǟ f. `kleiner leichter Schild ohne Rand, meist aus Flechtwerk mit einem Überzug von Leder'; pólmǟ `leichter Schild'; epíploo-n n., -s m. `die Netzhaut um die Gedärme, das Darmnetz, Omentum'
Slavic: *pelenā, *plēnā, *plenā (?), *pelьkā (Rus dial. пе́лька, HSorb nordl. pjelucka), *plēvā
Baltic: *plē-n-i- c., *plē-n-iā̃ f.
Germanic: *fill-a- n., *fill-iōn- f., *fil-min-ja- n., *fil-mōn- f., *fil-m-a- m.
Latin: pellis, -is f. `Fell, Haut, Pelz'
Russ. meaning: кожа
References: WP II 58 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: пелена́,
Near etymology: пе́лька, диал., новгор., боровск., псковск., "сшитое полотнище; пеленка" (Даль), укр. пелена́ "покров", др.-русск., ст.-слав. пелена σπάργανον (Клоц., Супр.), болг. пелена́, сербоß хорв. пелѐна, словен. реlеníса, рlеníса, чеш. pléna, рlеnа "пелена, оболочка", слвц. рlеnа.
Further etymology: Праслав. *реlеnā, *реlnā родственно лат. pellis (из *pelnis), греч. πέλας "кожа", πέλλᾱς, вин. мн. "кожи", πελλο-ράφος "pellarius", д.-в.-н. fеl "шкура", греч. πέλμα "подошва (ноги, башмака)", англос. filmen "кожица, крайняя плоть", лит. plėnė "пленка, кожица" (Мейе, Ét. 444; Вальде--Гофм. 2, 275 и сл.; Траутман, ВSW 226; И. Шмидт, Vok. 2, 67; Клюге-Гётце 152 и сл.; Гофман, Gr. Wb. 260). Брандт (РФВ 23, 291) предполагает парадигму с вариантами разных ступеней. Произведение из тюрк. bēlänä "пеленка" (Менгес, Festschrift Čyževśkyj 190) сомнительно в фонетическом отношении.
Pages: 3,228-229
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *plē-n-i- c., *plē-n-iā̃ f.
Meaning: film
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: plēnē̃, dial. plēnì-s `dünnes Häutchen, Membrane, Regenbogenhaut, Iris, dünne Scheibe'
Lettish: plēne `dünne Schicht'
Old Prussian: pleynis `Hirnfell' V. 75
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *filla-n, *filliōn, *filminja-n, *filmōn, *filma-z
Meaning: film, fleece
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: ɵruts-fill n. (a) `leprosy'
Old Norse: fjall, fell n. `Haut, Fell'; filla f. `Haut, Fell'
Norwegian: filla `Felldecke, Haut'
Swedish: fjäll, dial. filla `Felldecke, Lappen'
Danish: fille `Lumpen, Lappen'
Old English: filmen (fylmen), -es n. `film, thin skin, prepuce', film, -es m. `film, skin, husk', fel(l), -es n. `fell, skin', äd-felma, -an m. `skin of an egg'
English: fell, film
Old Frisian: fel; filmene `feine Haut'
Old Saxon: fel
Middle Dutch: vel; velm `vlies'
Dutch: vel n.
Old Franconian: vel
Middle Low German: vel
Old High German: fel `Haut' (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: vël, gen. -lles st. n. 'haut, fell; leib, person; eine augenkrankheit, die blind macht; pergament; dünne eisdecke'
German: Fell n.
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1471
Root: pel-3b, pelǝ-, plē-
English meaning: to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth
German meaning: `verdecken, verhüllen; Haut, Fell; Tuch, Kleid'
Derivatives: pel-no-, pel-men- `Haut'; pel-to- `Hülle'
Material: Gr. πέλας `Haut', ἐρυσί-πελας `Hautentzündung', ἄ-πελος `nicht verheilte Wunde'; πέλμα n. `Sohle am Fuß oder Schuh', πάλμη `leichter Schild' (*aus Häuten), lat. palea f. `Läppchen am Hahnenschnabel', palear n. `Wampe, Wamme'; afries. filmene `Haut', ags. filmen `Häutchen'; hierher mit k-Erweit. germ. *felh- `bergen' in got. filhan usw. `verbergen, begraben', aisl. fela `verbergen, übergeben', ags. fēolan `anhängen, eintreten' mit gramm. Wechsel got. fulgins `verborgen', aisl. folgenn ds.; germ. bi-felhan `anvertrauen, bergen' in ags. be-fēolan, ahd.bi-fel(a)han, mhd. bevelhan, nhd. befehlen.

    Mit n-Formantien: gr. πέλλᾱς Akk. Pl. `Häute', πελλο-ράφος `pellārius', lat. pellis `Fell', ahd. fel, -lles, ags. fell, aisl. fjall n. `Haut', got. þrūts-fill `Aussatz'; (lat. pellīnus `aus Fell' = ahd. fillīn, ags. fellen `ledern'); mit andern Wurzelstufen aksl. pelena, russ. pelená `Windel, Tuch, Hülle' (vgl. ohne n-Formans russ. pélьka ds.) und russ. plená (für plěná), sloven. plẹ́na, čech. pléna, plína ds., lit. plėnė, plėnìs `Häutchen', apr. pleynis `Hirnhaut';

    lat. palla `langes Obergewand der Frauen, Vorhang', pallium `Bettdecke, bes. ein weiter Überwurf der Griechen', vielleicht aus *par(u) (?), Lw. aus gr. φάρος `Mantel'?

    Mit t-Formans: ai. paṭa- m. `Stück Zeug, Laken, Gewand', paṭála n. `Hülle, Decke, Schleier, Membrane', gr. πέλτη `leichter Schild'; aksl. platьno `Leinwand'.

    Mit -Formantien: gr. ἐπί-πλο[]ος `die Netzhaut um die Gedärme'; lit. plėvė̃ f. `feine dünne Haut', sloven. plẹ́va `Augenlid'; vielleicht aisl. fǫl, fǫlva f. `dünne Schneeschicht' (*falwō?), wie norw. folga ds. zu got. filhan usw. `verbergen'.

References: WP. II 58 f., WH. II 238 f., 275 f., Trautmann 226;
See also: vielleicht zu pel-4 `falten'.
Pages: 803-804
PIE database: PIE database
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *pal- / pl-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: прятать
English meaning: to hide
Georgian: pal-, pl-
Megrel: pul-
Laz: (m)pul-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 187, EWK 347-348. Бомхард (1996, 148-149) сближает с ПИЕ *pel- 'кожа, шкура' (Walde 2, 58-59), что довольно сомнительно.
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *poḷ-
Meaning : to pare off (skin)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *poḷ-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *poL-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *poḷ-
Meaning : skin; to peel, pare off
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kannada : hoḷacu
Kannada meaning : to pare off
Tulu : poḷiŋkè, poḷikè
Tulu meaning : bark, skin, peel, crust
Tulu derivates : (?) puleyi a skin
Number in DED : 4561
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *poL-
Meaning : to peel
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *plō-/*pol-
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *plō-/*pol-
Meaning : to peel; to hull
Kui : ploh inba "to suffer abrasion, be rubbed off, peel (skin)"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : porhali "to peel"
Kuwi (Schulze) : po'nai (ponh-) "to hull"
Parja Kuwi : poṛ- (poṭ-) "to peel"
Kuwi (Israel) : pṛop- (-h-), pṛoʔ- (-t-) "to shell peas, etc., hull"
Additional forms : Also Kui ploh ispa to abrade, rub off, peel off; plōva (plōt-) to shed a skin, cast a skin; polpa (polt-) to peel, remove the shell or skin, strip the grains from a maize pod; Kuwi_S ponh'nai to shale, sheal
Notes : A good example on archaic causative patterns.
Number in DED : 4561
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