Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *selp-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: fat

Hittite: salpa- (salpi- c.) '(Hunde-)Kot' (Friedrich 180)

Tokharian: A ṣälyp, B ṣalype `Fett, Öl' (PT *ṣälype) (Adams 652)

Old Indian: sarpís- n., sarpi- n. `clarified butter', sr̥prá- `slippery, oily, smooth'

Old Greek: élpos = élaion, stéar, euthēnía Hsc., kypr. élphos, gen. -eos n. (Cypr.) = boútüron Hsch.; ólpǟ f. `Ölflasche', ólpis, -ios/-idos f. `Weinkanne; Ölflasche'

Germanic: *salb-ṓ(n-) f., *salb-ō- vb.

Albanian: ǵaĺpε Butter

Russ. meaning: жир

References: WP II 508