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Where does “pelnis” come from?

pelnis (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

Ancestry of “pelnis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

Words derived from “pelnis”

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