Where does “pælerot” come from?
pælerot (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål pæl, from Danish pæl, from Old Frisian pēl, from Pali pāli, from Latin pālus, from Proto-Italic pākslos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ-slos, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂ǵ- — to attach.
pælerot (Norwegian Bokmål): a taproot
Ancestry of “pælerot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | pæl | — |
| 2 | Danish | pæl | — |
| 3 | Old Frisian | pēl | — |
| 4 | Pali | pāli | a line, row; the original text |
| 5 | Latin | pālus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pākslos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ-slos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂ǵ- | to attach |