vellus.
fleece;
Meaning & usage
the wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool
the hide or pelt of an animal
Where this word comes from
Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair, wool”), and connected to Latin lāna (“wool”) and Gaulish vlana. This is favored by Meiser, but rejected by Schrijver and De Vaan, the latter who instead proposes the word as a derivative of vellō (“to pluck out”).
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