Where does “pelame” come from?

pelame (Italian) comes from Italian 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 (Italian): hair, coat, fur

Definitions

  1. hair, coat, fur

Ancestry of “pelame”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpelohair; surface; first-person singular present...
2Latinpīlusa hair
3Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
4Proto-Italicpistlom
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys-
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