Re: [tied] felly, felloes

OE felg (and related words in W and NGmc.) point to *falgjo:, which might reflect pre-Gmc. *polk^-j-áh2. I wonder (the connection has never been proposed, as far as I know) if it could be related to IIr. *parc'u- 'something curved, rib, side, border'. The latter, to be sure, is routinely equated with B/Sl. *pirs'i- 'chest, breast' (apparently < *prk^-i-) and reconstructed as *perk^-u-, but who knows? Any opinions pro or con?

Piotr

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Subject: [tied] felly, felloes

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)