vellus

Meaning

1. (declension-3, neuter) The wool shorn from a sheep; fleece; wool
2. (declension-3, neuter) The hide or pelt of an animal

Concepts

wool

Synonyms

lana

lāna

Translations

صوف

Wolle

Wollstoff

Wollware

Wollwaren

μαλλί

έριο

laine

lana

laneria

خوری

wol

lã

lanígero

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwɛl.lʊs]

Etymology

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”).