kelə-

I. kelə-¹

Warm. Oldest form *k̑elə₁-, with metathesized variant *k̑leə₁-, contracted to *k̑lē- (becoming *klē- in centum languages).

1. Suffixed variant form *klē-wo-.

a. lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow, covering, protection (as from cold);

b. lukewarm, from Old English -hlēow, warm. Both a and b from Germanic *hlēwaz.

2. Suffixed zero-grade form *kl̥ə-ē-.

a. calenture, chafe, chauffeur; decalescence, incalescent, nonchalant, recalescence, réchauffé, from Latin calēre, to be warm;

b. cauldron, caudle, chowder; scald¹, from Latin derivative adjective calidus, warm.

3. Suffixed zero-grade form *kl̥ə-os-. caloric, calorie; caloreceptor, calorific, calorimeter, calorimetry, from Latin calor, heat.

 

[Pokorny 1. k̑el- 551.]

  II. kelə-²

To shout. Oldest form *kelə₂-, with metathesized variant *kleə₂-, colored to *klaə₂-, contracted to *klā-.

Derivatives include exclaim, haul, calendar, and class.

I. Variant form *klā- (< *klaə-).

1. low², from Old English hlōwan, to roar, low, from Germanic *hlō-.

2. Suffixed form *klā-mā-. claim, clamant, clamor; acclaim, declaim, exclaim, proclaim, reclaim, from Latin clāmāre, to call, cry out.

II. O-grade form *kolə-.

a. keelhaul, from Middle Dutch halen, to haul, pull (? < “to call together, summon”);

b. hale², haul; halyard, from Old French haler, to haul. Both a and b from Germanic *halōn, to call.

III. Zero-grade form *kl̥ə- (> *kal-).

1. Suffixed form *kal-yo-. conciliate, council; reconcile, from Latin concilium, a meeting, gathering (< “a calling together” con-, together; see kom).

2. Suffixed form *kal-end-. calendar, calends, from Latin kalendae, the calends, the first day of the month, when it was publicly announced on which days the nones and ides of that month would fall.

3. Suffixed form *kal-e-. ecclesia, Paraclete, from Greek kalein (variant klē-), to call.

4. Suffixed form *kal-ā-. intercalate, nomenclator, from Latin calāre, to call, call out.

5. Suffixed form *kl̥ə-ro- or suffixed variant form *klaə-ro- contracted to *klā-ro-. clear, glair; Aufklärung, chiaroscuro, clairvoyant, declare, éclair, from Latin clārus, bright, clear.

IV. Possibly extended zero-grade form *kl̥d-, becoming *klad- in suffixed form *klad-ti-. class, from Latin classis, summons, division of citizens for military draft, hence army, fleet, also class in general.

 

[Pokorny 6. kel- 548.]

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