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  • 81bhelĝh- —     bhelĝh     English meaning: to swell     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwellen; Balg (aufgeblasene Tierhaut), Kissen, Polster”     Note: (extension of bhel “inflate, bloat” etc)     Material: O.Ind. barhíš n. “ sacrificial grass, (*sacrificial… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 82tick — English now has no fewer than four distinct words tick in general use. The oldest, tick ‘mite’ [OE], comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *tik , which may be related to Armenian tiz ‘bug’. Tick ‘sound of a clock, mark of correctness, etc’ [13]… …

    Word origins

  • 83Interior — adj. & n. adj. 1 inner (opp. EXTERIOR). 2 remote from the coast or frontier; inland. 3 internal; domestic (opp. FOREIGN). 4 (usu. foll. by to) situated further in or within. 5 existing in the mind or soul; inward. 6 drawn, photographed, etc.… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 84interior — adj. & n. adj. 1 inner (opp. EXTERIOR). 2 remote from the coast or frontier; inland. 3 internal; domestic (opp. FOREIGN). 4 (usu. foll. by to) situated further in or within. 5 existing in the mind or soul; inward. 6 drawn, photographed, etc.… …

    Useful english dictionary