vellus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool.
- The hide or pelt of an animal.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (wool, hair, be strong, powerful, possess, strong, rule).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂welh₁-
Gloss
wool, hair, be strong, powerful, possess, strong, rule
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髪
Emoji
🐏 🐑 🦙
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- valiant English
- valorous English
- valeō Latin
- validus Latin
- valor Latin
- vellereus Latin
- vello Italian
- valeureux French
- vellón Spanish, Castilian
- λάχνη Ancient Greek
- λῶμα Ancient Greek
- *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European
- *waldaz Proto-Germanic
- *waldiz Proto-Germanic
- *waldą Proto-Germanic
- *Voldiměrъ Proto-Slavic
- vaillance Old French
- lesh Albanian
- *Luguwalos Proto-Celtic
- *laiša Proto-Albanian