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Number: 1474
Root: pel-6
English meaning: grey; pale
German meaning: in Ausdrücken für unscharfe Farben wie `grau, fahl', auch `scheckig'
Derivatives: peli-to- `grau', pol-k̂o-, pol-u̯o- `fahl'
Material: Ai. palitá-, fem. páliknī (aus *-tnī) `altersgrau, greis' (: πελιτνός), paruṣá- `fleckig' = av. pouruša-, paouruša- `grau, alt'; pers. pūr `grau' (*parya-);

    arm. alik` `die (weißen) Wellen; weißer Bart, weißes Haar' (*pl̥ii̯o-);

    gr. πελιτνός `grau' (für *πελιτός = ai. palitá-ḥ nach dem Fem. *πελιτνια = ai. paliknī); ion. πελιδνός daraus nach μακεδνός usw. umgebildet; πελιός (*peli-u̯o-) `farblos, bleich, grauschwarz, schwarzblau' (hierher der PN Πέλοψ), πελλός ds. (*πελι̯ός? *πελνός?), πολιός `grau, greis' (*poli-u̯o-), πιλνόν φαιόν Κύπριοι Hes.; πέλεια, πελειάς `wilde Taube' (nach der Farbe benannt, vgl. πέλειαι, πελειάδες, eig. die grauköpfigen, alten, als Bezeichnung der Priesterinnen in Dodona sowie πέλειος `Alter' Hes.; ebenso lat. palumbēs, apr. poalis `Taube'), πελᾱργός `Schwan' (`der schwarzweiße'); aus *πελα(ο)- + αργός; maked. πέλλης `τεφρώδης' Hes.; wahrscheinlich hierher auch πηλός, dor. πᾱλός (*παλσός) `Lehm, Schlamm, Kot, Morast';

    lat. palleō, -ēre `blaß sein', pallor `Blässe', pallidus `blaß' (zunächst aus *palu̯os, älter *polu̯os = germ. falwa-, lit. paɫvas, aksl. plavъ); pullus `schwarzgrau' (ul aus infolge des anlaut. p-; Formans -no-); palumbēs oder -is `Holz-, Ringeltaube' (*pelon-bho-? eher Parallelbildung zu columbus, -a, s. oben S. 547);

    alb. plak `Greis, Ältester';

    mir. liath, cymr. (usw.) llwyd `grau' (aus *pleito-, vgl. ai. palitá-, gr. πελιτνός);

    germ. *falwa- in aisl. fǫlr, ags. fealo, as. falu, ahd. falo, falawēr `fahl, falb' (dazu als `graue Asche' aisl. fǫlski m., ahd. falawiska `Asche, Aschenstäubchen'); *falha- (: lit. pálšas) in aleman.-rheinfränk. falch `falb, bes. von hellbraunem Vieh'; *fela- oder *felwa- in westfäl. fęl `falb', fęle `fahles Reh, fahles Pferd'; mit dem germ. k-Formans wie in anderen Vogelnamen hierher vermutlich ahd. (usw.) falco `Falke' (spätlat. falco aus dem Germ.);

    lit. pal̃vas `blaßgelb' (= germ. *falwa, lat. palli-dus) = abg. plavъ `weiß', serb. plûv `blond, blau'; lit. pelė̃ `Maus', lett. pele ds., apr. peles Pl. `Maus (= Armmuskel)', apr. pele `Weihe'; als Ableitung von pelė̃ `Maus' auch lit. pelė́kas, lett. pelēks `mausfarbig, fahl, grau'; lit. pelė́da, lett. pęlêda `Eule' (`Mäusefresserin'); von einem *pelė̃ `Schimmel' stammt lit.pelė́-ju, -ti `schimmeln', pelė́siai Pl. `Schimmel' und im Ablaut plė́k-stu, -ti `schimmeln, modern'; im Ablaut lit. pìlkas `grau', pélkė `Moorbruch', auch pálšas, lett. pàlss `fahl' (*polk̂os) sowie apr. poalis `Taube' (*pōlis); slav. *plěsnь in russ.-ksl. plěsnь, ačech. pléseň `Schimmel' und ksl. peles `pullus', russ. pelësyj `gefleckt, bunt'; das Formans idg. -so- oder -k̂o-.

References: WP. II 53 f., WH. II 239 f., 242, 386, Trautmann 205, 212;
See also: s. oben S. 799 C (pel-1).
Pages: 804-805
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *pel-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: grey, blueish
Old Indian: palitá-, fem. páliknī (< -tnī) `grey, hoary, aged'
Avestan: pouruša-, paouruša- 'grau, greis'
Armenian: pl. alikh `die (weissen) Wellen(kämme), Wogen; weisser Bart, weisses Haar'; alevor `greis (vom Haar)'
Old Greek: pelidnó-, Gramm. att. pelitnó- `blauschwarz, dunkelfarben, fahl, blutunterlaufen'; pelió-, pelló- `id.'; polió- `weisslich grau, bes. vom Haar und schäumenden Meere'
Slavic: *pelesъ `серый'
Baltic: *pel-ē̂k-a- (2) adj.
Latin: pullus, -a `schmutzfarben, schwärzlich'
Celtic: *pleito-: MIr liath `grau'; Cymr llwyd `grau'
Russ. meaning: серый, седой, голубоватый
References: WP II 53 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: пелёсый
Near etymology: "пятнистый (о животных)", пелёс, -ёса, -ёсо, др.-русск., цслав. пелесъ φαιός, pullus, словен. реlès "сорт винограда", pelę́sast "пятнистый"; ср. также пле́сень.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. реlė́jа, pelė́ti "плесневеть", лтш. реlêt -- то же, лит. реlė̃ "мышь", лтш. реlе -- то же, лит. реlė́kаs "мышиного цвета", pelė́siai м. мн. "плесень", рálšаs "блеклый", pìlkas "серый", лтш. раl̃ss -- то же, pęlę̂ks "серый, пепельный, мышиного цвета", др.-инд. palitás "серый", ж. páliknī, греч. πελιός "посиневший (от кровоподтеков)", πελιτνός "бледно-синий", ион. πελιδνός -- то же, πολιός "серый", лат. раllео "я бледен", palumbēs "порода голубей", pallidus "бледный", pullus "темно-серый", алб. рlаk "старец"; см. В. Шульце, Kl. Schr. 112 (= Sitzber. Preuss. Аkаd., 1910, стр. 788 и сл.); Траутман, ВSW 212; М.--Э. 3, 63, 196; Перссон 561, 645; Бецценбергер, ВВ 17, 223; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 160; Гофман, Gr. Wb. 258; Шпехт 199; Вальде--Гофм. 2, 239 и сл.; Фортунатов, AfslPh 4, 580; Маценауэр, LF 12, 330. Ср. пепелесо "пепельное" (Аввакум 73).
Pages: 3,229-230
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *pel-ē̂k-a- (2) adj.
Meaning: grey
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: pelḗka- `mäusegrau, mäusefahl'
Lettish: pęlę̂ks, Dond., Schlenk pel[i]ks `grau, aschfarbig, mausfärbig, pelêcis `etwas Graues'
Comments: Cf. 48 (В. Ч.)
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṗVlV
Meaning: grey, ashes
Indo-European: *pele- / *plē- (+ *pel- 892)
Altaic: *p`olńe
Uralic: *pelme (*peĺme)
Kartvelian: *per- 'gray' (+ perpl- 'ashes')
Dravidian: *puḷ-
Eskimo-Aleut: *palqǝ
References: ND 1715 *p[u]ḷi[č̣]V 'gray', 1721 *pe/Uĺu/ü(-ńE) 'dust, ashes' (+Chad.); the two roots are hardly different.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`oĺńe
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: ashes; grey
Russian meaning: зола; серый
Turkic: *oń ( ~ -j)
Mongolian: *hüne-sü
Tungus-Manchu: *pulńe-
Comments: Poppe 12, Цинциус 1984, 60. АПиПЯЯ 37, 289, Rozycki 81. A Western isogloss.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *oń ( ~ -j)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: grey, dun, ash-coloured (of a horse)
Russian meaning: серовато-коричневый
Karakhanid: oj (MK)
Middle Turkic: Kypch. oj (Houts.)
Khakassian: oj
Tuva: oj
Comments: EDT 266, VEWT 358.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *hüne-sü
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ashes
Russian meaning: пепел
Written Mongolian: ünesü(n) (L 1009)
Middle Mongolian: xunesu (SH), honǟsun (IM), hunäsun (MA)
Khalkha: üns(en)
Buriat: ünehe(n)
Kalmuck: ümsṇ
Ordos: ünisü, ünes
Dongxian: funiesun
Baoan: homsoŋ
Dagur: xunse (Тод. Даг. 179), hunse (MD 166), xuns
Shary-Yoghur: henesǝn, nesǝn
Monguor: funēʒǝ (SM 107), (MGCD funēsǝ)
Mogol: ɛnasun, unasun (Weiers), ZM unäsun (18-1b)
Comments: KW 458, MGCD 695.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pulńe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ashes
Russian meaning: зола
Evenki: huleptēn
Even: hultēn
Negidal: xulēptēn
Spoken Manchu: filiŋi (493)
Literary Manchu: fuleŋgi
Jurchen: fule-ŋi (65)
Ulcha: puneqte
Orok: punekte
Nanai: puńektẽ, (dial.) xulefte
Oroch: xulepte
Udighe: xulepte(n)
Solon: uluktē̃
Comments: ТМС 2, 347.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1497
Proto: *pelme (*peĺme)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: dirt, dust, ashes
German meaning: Schmutz, Staub, Asche
Finnish: pelme (gen. pelmeen) 'Schmutz', pelmua- 'aufwirbeln, qualmen, aufstauben' ?
Udmurt (Votyak): peń (peńm-) (G) 'Asche', peńmal- (S) 'mit Asche bestreuen, beschmutzen' ?
Komi (Zyrian): pe̮jim (S P), po̊.im (PO) 'Asche' ?
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *per-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: серый
English meaning: grey
Georgian: per-o
Megrel: pär-w
Notes and references: EWK 354. ? Ср. ностр. *boŕa 'серый, бурый' (ПИЕ *bher, алт. *boŕa, см. ОСНЯ 1, 183-184); или ПВК *būrV id. (NCED 313-314).
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *puḷ-
Meaning : grey
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *puḷ-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *piḷ- (*-ṛ-)
Proto-North Dravidian : *poṇḍ-
Notes : Unclear if NDR really belongs here.
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :

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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *puḷ-
Meaning : to become grey
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kolami : puls- (pulust-) "(hair) becomes grey"
Naikri : puḷs- "(hair) becomes grey"
Parji : pulc- "(hair) becomes grey"
Number in DED : 4325
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *piḷ- (*-ṛ-)
Meaning : to become grey
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *piṛ-c-
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *piṛ-c-
Meaning : (hair) becomes grey
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Betul Gondi : piṛcānā
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : pircānā
Gommu Gondi : piṛs-
Maria Gondi : piṛc- (piṛʔt-)
Koya Gondi : piṇsk- (Su.)
Chindwara Gondi : piṛs-
Adilabad Gondi : piṛs-, (SR) piḍcānā
Number in DED : 4325
Number in CVOTGD : 2249
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *poṇḍ-
Meaning : to become hoary, grey in hair
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : puṇḍnā
Malto : ponḍe
Additional forms : Also KUR (Grignard) poṇḍnā (puṇḍyas/poṇḍos) to become hoary, get mouldy or musty.
Number in DED : 4325
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *palqǝ
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: ashes, hot, dry
Russian meaning: пепел, жаркий, сухой
Proto-Yupik: *palqǝ
Proto-Inupik: *pa[t]qǝ-
Comments: Cf. *pali-ʁ- 'sunburnt, grey, carbonized'.
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *palqǝ
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: ashes
Russian Meaning: пепел, зола
Naukan: páɫqǝ
Central Alaskan Yupik: cf. pǝɫuq 'special ashes in rituals'
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *pa[t]qǝ-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: hot 1, dry 2
Russian meaning: жаркий, горячий 1, сухой 2
Eastern Canadian Inupik: paqqā(q)- 1
Greenlandic Inupik: paqqiʁ- init. 2, 'to blanch (human in fear)', paqqit- 2 'to destitute'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 249
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