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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’