Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵh₂lōws

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Possibly from *ǵh₂l- (“to nourish”); compare Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”), Hittite [script needed] (galak-, “to soothe”). According to Mallory and Adams (1997), some forms may be influenced by association with unrelated *gl̥h₁éys (“mouse”).

Alternative reconstructions

*ǵl̥h₃-wos-
*ǵl̥h₂óws

Noun

*ǵh₂lōws f

sister-in-law (brother's wife)

Descendants

Armenian: *cal > *tal (under influence of տայգր (taygr, “brother-in-law”))
- Old Armenian: տալ (tal)
Germanic: *klūz
Hellenic: *galawos
- Ancient Greek:
  - Aeolic: γάλοως (gáloōs)
  - Attic: γάλως (gálōs)
  - Hesychius: γαλίς (galís)
  - Hesychius: γάλαος (gálaos)
- Phrygian: *γελαϝος (*gelawos) > γελαρος (gelaros)
Indo-Iranian: *gr̥Háyš
- Sanskrit: गिरि (giri, “brother's wife”)
Italic: *glōs
- Latin: glōs
Slavic: *zъly (see there for further descendants)

Possibly:

→ Turkic: *gẹlin
- Old Turkic: 𐰚𐰠𐰤‎ (kl²n²)
  - Turkish: gelin
- Azerbaijani: gəlin
- Gagauz: gelin
- Bashkir: килен (kilen)
- Kazakh: келін (kelin)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
γάλως in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
käli in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 521
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*gẹlin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “золо́вка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

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