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keltàj.

self-transporting: to swing (only of pendulums)

keltÌj. pendulum

Etymology

poststem from plural of
NLem kelt‑a ‘pendulum, tail’
LMLem kè‑alt‑ar ‘pendulum’, nominalisation, compound of
  LMLem kè‑a ‘swing’
MLem kei‑a ‘wobble, swing’
OLem kei‑
PLem *kēw‑, Narten present of
PIE *keh₁u̯‑
 —and—
  LMLem, MLem alt‑yr ‘heavy’
OLem alt‑
PLem *als‑ ‘gather, pick up’, root present of
PIE *les‑

The plural poststem reflects a pendulum’s repetitive swinging.

doublet of klàt.

Cognates

Lat cēveō ‘move one’s haunches’; Ger lesen ‘gather, read’