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Where does “πέλλα” come from?

πέλλα (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European pels- — stone; rock, cliff.

πέλλα (Ancient Greek): wooden bowl, milk pail; kind of drinking-cup;...

Definitions

  1. wooden bowl, milk pail; kind of drinking-cup;...

Ancestry of “πέλλα”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpels-stone; rock, cliff

Words derived from “πέλλα”

  • pelt
  • pelting
  • surplice
  • pell
  • pelisse
  • pillion
  • pellagra
  • pellicle
  • surpliced
  • pelter
  • pellicule
  • polt
  • pellagrous
  • pellagric
  • pellagroid
  • peltingly
  • pellage
  • pillionwise
  • Pella
  • peltmonger
  • bepelt
  • pellicula
  • pelliger
  • versipellis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pels- →