*p-l-d- “lead”
DEO: *bhlei- “radiate” Proto-IndoEuropean plus *-wa, Proto-Germanic a color suffix (eg. in blue, grey) > *bli:wa- id. Proto-Germanic bly “lead” Danish, Norwegian, Swedish blý id. Old Norse bli: id. Old Saxon, Middle Low German bli:o (for *bli:w) id. Old High German bli: (gen. bli:wes)id. Middle High German Blei id. German ble:o n. “color, form” Old English bli: “color” Old Saxon *pl-w-d/dh- Proto-IndoEuropean plumbum id. Latin mólibos, molúbos id. Greek supposedly from a Mediterranean substrate language *loudia: > luaide “lead” Middle Irish loaned in Germanic as *lauða Proto-Germanic lod “weight, plumb bob, lead” Danish, Swedish lodd id. Norwegian loan from lo:t (gen. lo:des)“lead, bullet, weight unit” Middle Low German corresponding to lo:t “weight unit, soldering metal” Middle High German Lot id. German la:d “lead” Old Frisian le:ad id. Old English MCVc: molubdos “lead” Greek bolubdos id. Attic Greek molibos id. Greek (Homer) bolimos id. Greek, Epidauros bolibos id. Greek, Rhodos berun id. Basque CAD 09.630: moluwan,o (tuwan,o + moN-) lit. “fill” “cast (metals)” Gorontalo balïbbï? id. Bugi CAD 09.660 bolavana “copper, bronze” Rukai CAD 09.640: voawan “gold” Yami balitu? id. Isnag bula:wan id. Kalinga Limos bul\a:wan id. Aklanon bulawan id. Palawan bulawan id. Molbog blawan id. Kagayanen blaw&n id. Sarangani Blaan bulawan id. Ba:ngingi Sama bulawan (obs.) id. Murut (Timugon) hulawa id. Gorontalo bulava id. Da'a bulaBa id. Uma ulawïn, id. Bugi bulaen, id. Konjo (Coastal) Bulawa id. Wolio flawan id. Buru *buLa:w-an Proto-HesperonesianFormosan CAD 09.660: bolavan& “copper” Rukai CAD 09.670: vaculYayan “iron” Paiwan varalan, id. Yami balayya:n, id. Isnag ba:lyan, id. Kalinga Limos momol id. Buru CAD 9.680: buli “lead” Isnag buli id. Kalinga Limos b&ra mita-n, id. Sika bel?bel id. Sawai beblate id. Sawai pulu id. Tongan Back