𒁄𒄭𒅖

Hittite

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Etymology

From the zero-grade form *pl̥h₂-i-, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“wide, broad, flat”). Originally the PIE adjective most likely inflected as:

• nominative: *pléh₂-i-s
• genitive: *pl̥h₂-éy-s

and the oblique stem was generalized.

Adjective

𒁄𒄭𒅖 • (palḫis/pl̩χis/) (nominative singular common gender)

1. wide, broad

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 620f