pagliaccio

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Italian word pagliaccio comes from Proto-Indo-European *pla-, and later Italian paglia (Straw (dry stalks, colour).)

*pla- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bla- (Latvian)

*spel- (Proto-Indo-European)

to break off, split, to tell

palea (Latin)

(usually, in the plural) chaff.. The wattles or gills of a cock.. Dross. Husk. Straw.

paglia (Italian)

Straw (dry stalks, colour).

pagliaccio (Italian)

(also, _, pejorative) clown, buffoon.

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