English
pelma
Pelma comes from Ancient Greek πέλμᾰ ‘sole of the foot’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to cover, wrap’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pélmn̥reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέλμᾰpélmă‘sole of the foot’
- Englishtodaypelma
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pel-‘to cover, wrap’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pélmn̥reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπέλμᾰpélmă‘sole of the foot’
- Englishtodaypelma
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to cover, wrap’
simple, simply, film, push, felt, filter, powder, complain, fold, pulse, pillow, repeal, flaw, pollen, palate, compulsive, palpable, palladium, palatable, pall, wallow, expel, polemic, propel, repel, tuple, pollinate, palatal, peloton, muffle, apoplexy, pelt, pulver, palp, pillion, interpolate, peplum, 62 more
Today it means
noun The undersurface of the foot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pel- / pelma