Comparative evidence

pelh₂

• Lat. pellō -ere ‘exert force against’, ‘push’, ‘drive’, ‘stimulate’, ‘eject’, ‘repulse’, ‘repel’ (OLD: 1320-1321)

• Lat. appellō -āre ‘speak to’, ‘support’, ‘appeal’, ‘approach’, ‘apply’, ‘name’, ‘call’ (OLD: 150-151)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.