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Mehri
gēləw - to be ill, fevered
(ML 119)
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*glw
- to be ill
(Kogan 2015:554)
The origin of Proto-MSA *glw ‘to be ilľ is unknown. Assuming that the original meaning of the root is “to be hot”, one might tentatively compare Arb.
ǯlw
‘to be clear, bright’ (Kogan 2015:554)