il-
Irish (Donegal)
prefix
Definitions
- multiple, poly-, multi-
- miscellaneous
- sundry
- composite
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish il (much, many) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pelh₁-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Polynesia English
- poly- English
- polylectic English
- polymer English
- polytocous English
- polytrichus Latin
- poly- German
- poli- Hungarian
- poli- Italian
- poly- Dutch, Flemish
- polyadène French
- polythéisme French
- полиме́р Russian
- poli- Spanish, Castilian
- Πολυδάμας Ancient Greek
- Πολυδεύκης Ancient Greek
- Πολυκράτης Ancient Greek
- Πολυνείκης Ancient Greek
- γάλα Ancient Greek
- πλεῖστος Ancient Greek
- πολλάκις Ancient Greek
- πολυγαμία Ancient Greek
- πολυμαθής Ancient Greek
- πολυποίκιλος Ancient Greek
- πολύγαλον Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- πολύγωνος Ancient Greek
- πολύμητις Ancient Greek
- πολύς Ancient Greek
- πολύσημος Ancient Greek
- πολύτλας Ancient Greek
- πόρος Ancient Greek
- φαγεῖν Ancient Greek
- *pelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥h₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- poli- Portuguese
- *felu Proto-Germanic
- poli- Polish
- poly- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Polainéis Irish
- il Irish
- fjǫld Old Norse
- fjǫldi Old Norse
- fjǫlgr Old Norse
- poli- Catalan, Valencian
- policromía Galician
- il Old Irish
- ilar Old Irish
- ildae Old Irish
- *pele- Proto-Uralic