 The "ḷ" in Indo-European "*pḷlu-" represents a vocalic "l", a sound found in English in for instance "little", where it corresponds to the "-le", and "metal", where it corresponds to the "-al".An earlier form of the Indo-European word was probably "*pelu-".52 Finnish "paljon" 'much', Cheremis "pülä" 'rather a lot', Vogul "pāľ" 'thick', Yurak "palɁ" 'thick'.