*telH- 'Ground, floor'
From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 47773
Date: 2007-03-10
*telH- `ground, floor'. Alb tullë `brick', tullar `brick-maker' from
zero-grade form *tl.H1-eH2, where *l.H1 yields regulary ul- and
intervocalic /l/ become /ll/: OE þel `floor', þille `plank of floor':
Lith tiles `planks at the bottom of a ship': OIr talam `earth': Lat
tellu:s `earth', Rus tlo `bottom'. 2. Alb truall/truell, pl.
troje `land, terrain' from *tleH1-lo > PAlb tle:lo and through
dissimilation l l > r l and l > ll /V_V. (Pokorny 2. tel- 1061.)
Konushevci