kelh₂-₂

“to strike, cut, chop”

Debatedcuttingviolence

Source of Latin clādes, English halt, holt

Root for striking/cutting, yielding Latin clādes (disaster) and possibly English halt.

bʰerH-“to scrape, bore, perforate”bʰerdʰ-“to cut, split, separate”bʰeyd-₂“to split, cleave, bite”gʰel-₃“to cut, wound, kill”gʷelH-“to pierce, prick, sting”gʷenh₂-“to strike, kill”gʷʰen-“to strike, to kill”gʷʰn̥-tó-“struck, killed”