Toggle navigation
Palaeolexicon
About
Languages
Articles
Tools
Reverse word index
Table of Indo-European phonology
Table of (Macro-) Altaic phonology
Contact
The Proto-Indo-European word *selk-
Word
*selk-
Meaning
to pull
See also
Homeric Greek:
ἕλκω
‘to draw, to drag, to pull’
Tocharian B:
sälk-
‘to draw, to pull’
Hittite:
šal-ga-mi
‘to knead, to mix together’
Synonyms
*deuk-
,
*dhregh-
,
*h₄welk-
,
*ten-
,
*teng(h)-
,
*ten-s-