| Word | *bʰel- |
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| Meaning | light, bright |
| Synonyms | *ar(e)-ĝ-, *k̂euk-, *dʰel-, *gʷʰh₂í-, *bʰéh₂(e)s-, *bʰéh₂tis, *gʷhaidrós, *leip-, *(s)koitrós, *lóuk(es)-, *leukós |
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| Russ. bely, Gaul. Belenos, Lith. blagnytis; baltas, Ltv. balts, Skr. bharga;bhālam, Phryg. falos, Alb. ballë, Illyr. balta, Arm. bal/pal, Gk. phlegein; phalos, ON bāl; blár; bleikr, Russ. belyj, Polish biały, Eng. blæcern/; blǣ can/bleach; blǣ wen/, Gm. blecken/blecken; bleich/bleich; blāo/blau, Goth. bala, Ir. beltene/bealtaine; blár/, Welsh bal; blawr, Thrac. balios, Old Prussian ballo, Lat. flagrāre; flāvus, Oscan Flagiúi;Flaviies, Toch. pälk/pälk | |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| *dheu-1 ‘dust, smoke, vapor’, *bʰer- ‘brown, shining’, *dhuh₂mós ‘smoke’, *h₂éhₓtr̥ ‘fire’, *h₁égni- ‘fire’, *h₃és-no- h₃és-i- ‘ash’, *leuk-; lóuk-o- ‘bright light’, *meldh- ‘lightning’, *sneudh- ‘cloud, mist’, *séhₐul ‘sun’, *temó- ‘dark’, *tón-r̥- ‘thunder’, *reudh- ‘light red’, *kwapor ‘smoke, steam, heat’, *péh₂ur ‘fire’, *h₂eidh- ‘kindle, ignite’, *bʰel- ‘shine’, *bʰerhₓĝ- ‘shine, gleam’, *bʰleg- ‘shine, burn’, *dh(o)ngu- ‘dark’, *g(e)ulo- ‘fire, glowing coal’, *ĝher- ‘shine, glow’, *h₃meigh- ‘drizzle, mist’, *h₄elh₁- ‘burn’, *hₐeidh- ‘burn, fire’, *hₐel- ‘burn’, *(hₐ)mauros ‘dark’, *(hₐ)merhₓgʷ- ‘dark’, *hₐewes- ‘shine’, *hₓn̥gʷnis ‘fire’, *kenhₓis ‘ash’, *kenk- ‘burn’, *ker- ‘burn’, *tómhₓes- ‘dark’, *wer- ‘burn’, *k̂ehₐu- ‘burn’, *kʷap- ‘seethe, smoke’, *k̂seh₁- ‘burn, singe’, *lap- ‘shine’, *leuk- ‘shine’, *mer- ‘shine, shimmer’, *merk- ‘darken’, *nébʰes- ‘mist, cloud, sky’, *(s)kand- ‘shine, glitter, moon’, *skótos ‘shadow, shade’, *sk̂ōyh̥a ‘shade’, *(s)m(e)ug(h)- ‘smoke’, *(s)plend- ‘shine’, *sweid- ‘shine’, *swer- ‘darken’, *ghromos ‘thunder, groan’, *h₂éhₓōs ‘ash’, *(s)tenhₓ- ‘groan, thunder’ | |