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Where does “debel” come from?

debel (Slovene) comes from Proto-Slavic debelъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic debelas, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeb-e-lo-s, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeb- — thick, fat, heavy; fat, heavy, thick.

debel (Slovene): thick; fat; genitive dual/plural of déblo

Definitions

  1. thick; fat; genitive dual/plural of déblo

Ancestry of “debel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdebelъfat
2Proto-Balto-Slavicdebelas—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeb-e-lo-s—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeb-thick, fat, heavy; fat, heavy, thick
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