英语词汇“Indo-European root: gwelə-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: gwelə-

释义

‌‌g^welə-
Also g^wel-.
To throw, reach, with further meaning to pierce. Oldest form *g^welh₁‑, with metathesized variant *g^wleh₁‑, becoming *g^wlē‑.
Derivatives include devil, emblem, metabolism, parliament, problem, symbol, ballet, and kill.¹

Words denoting to throw, reach. Variant *g^wlē‑, contracted from *g^wleə‑.
1. Suffixed zero-grade form *g^wl̥-n-ə‑.
  1. ballista; amphibole, arbalest, astrobleme, bolide, devil, diabolical, embolism, emboly, epiboly, hyperbola, hyperbole, metabolism, palaver, parable, parabola, parley, parliament, parlor, parol, parole, Polari, problem, symbol, from Greek ballein, to throw (with o-grade *bol‑ and variant *blē‑);
  2. ball², ballad, ballet, bayadere, from Greek ballizein, to dance.
2. Suffixed o-grade form *g^wol(ə)-ā‑. bolometer, from Greek bolē, beam, ray.
3. Possible suffixed o-grade form *g^wol(ə)-sā‑. boule¹, abulia, from Greek boulē, determination, will (< "throwing forward of the mind"), council.
4. Suffixed full-grade form *g^welə-mno‑. belemnite, from Greek belemnon, dart, javelin.
Words denoting to pierce.
1. Suffixed o-grade form *g^wol-eyo‑.
  1. quell, from Old English cwellan, to kill, destroy;
  2. quail², from Middle Dutch quelen, to be ill, suffer. Both a and b from Germanic *kwaljan.
2. Suffixed zero-grade form *g^wl̥-yo‑. kill¹, from Middle English killen, to kill, perhaps from Old English *cyllan, to kill, from Germanic *kuljan.
3. Full-grade form *g^wel‑. belonephobia, from Greek belonē, needle.

[Pokorny 2. g^u̯el‑ 471, 1. g^u̯el‑ 470.]

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