๐’„๐’„ญ๐’…–

Hittite
๐’„๐’„ญ๐’…–
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Etymology

From the zero-grade form *plฬฅhโ‚‚-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *plehโ‚‚- (โ€œwide, broad, flatโ€). Originally the PIE adjective most likely inflected as:

  • nominative: *plรฉhโ‚‚-i-s
  • genitive: *plฬฅhโ‚‚-รฉy-s

and the oblique stem was generalized.

Adjective

๐’„๐’„ญ๐’…– โ€ข (palแธซis) (nominative singular common gender)

  1. wide, broad

References
  • Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, โ†’ISBN, page 620f
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