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Where does “peller” come from?

peller (French) comes from French pelle, from Latin pala, from Proto-Indo-European pak-slo-, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.

peller (French): to shovel

Definitions

  1. to shovel

Ancestry of “peller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpelleshovel, spade; dustpan; fluke
2LatinpalaA shovel, spade; The bezel of a ring; the banana...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpak-slo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂ǵ-to attach

Words derived from “peller”

  • pellez
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- →