felly, felloes
From: kalyan97
Message: 13583
Date: 2002-04-30
Middle English felie, felwe, from Old English felg. pl. fel·lies also
fel·loes; felly = The rim or a section of the rim of a wheel
supported by spokes.
What would be the earliest attested IE equivalent, say, for the
sections of a potter's wheel?
Cognate (?) lexemes in some Indic languages: phut.ia = the wooden rim
of a cart wheel; hal = the iron tyre of a wheel (Santali) put.hiya_~
= pl. the felloes of a wheel (Gujarati) put.t.hi = a section of the
felloe of a wheel (Punjabi) putia = the centre piece of a solid cart
wheel (Santali); pat.i = each of the outside planks of the solid
wheel of a sagar. (Santali)