Re: Help needed re: PIE words relating to wool and textiles

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Francesco Brighenti" <frabrig@...>
wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> A friend asked for help to compile two lists -- one for nouns, one
> for verbs -- of reconstructed PIE words relating to wool and
> textiles.
>
> Anyone is willing to contribute?

Here are some answers (put into traditional notation without
attempting my own work):

>
> Here are the two lists:
>
> 1) NOUNS
>
> Wool

* wl,h2no-

> Fleece

* werwo- was probably the older form, later also L vellus, G pókos

> Tuft

* tuh2lo- > Skt tu:la-

* walk^lo- > Skt va:la-

* ml,lo- > G mallós

> Fur
> Hair
> Thread
> Cloth
> Fiber
> Knot

There may not have been so many distinctions (or those that existed
aren't so clear):

* walto- 'hair'

* waltyo- > * wlatiyo- > G lásios 'hairy', Balto-Sl *valtya- 'hair,
thread, yarn'

* walk^o- > * wla_ko- > OE wlo:h 'fiber, fringe', Skt válça- 'shoot,
twig', Sl * volsU 'hair'

> Fringe

* walk^smn, > G lo:~ma 'hem, fringe'

> Felt

* pilyo- > G pi:~los 'felt', L pilleus 'felt cap'

* pilsth2(o)- > Germ. * filta- 'felt'

* pulsth2(o)- > Sl * pUlstI 'felt', Skt pulastí- 'wearing the hair
straight'