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Where does “pelame” come from?

pelame (Galician) comes from Galician pelo, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

pelame (Galician): fur

Definitions

  1. fur

Ancestry of “pelame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpelohair; fur
2Latinpīlus—
3Latinpīlum—
4Proto-Italicpistlom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “pelame”

  • pelamio
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →