Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- "to cover, conceal" became English hell as in "concealed place".
The suffixed o-grade form *ḱol-os became Latin color "colour" as in "that which covers".
The suffixed variant *ḱal-up-yo- became Greek καλύπτω kaluptō "to cover, conceal", which combined with ἄπο "away from" (PIE *apo- "off, away") to form apokaluptō "to uncover" and apocalypse.
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I'm really curious what sort of extension -up- is in the Greek reflex. And what is the motivation for the change of root vowel? Seems odd.
Pokorny says (p 553):
mit Labialerw. καλύπτω `umhülle, verberge', καλύβη `Obdach, Hütte', κέλῡφος n. `Schale, Hülse'; Labial zeigt auch das wohl verwandte mhd. hulft `Köcher' (s. unten);
and unten:
Mit Labialerw.: mhd. hulft, holfte, hulfe, hulftr `Köcher', mnd. hulfte ds. (: καλύπτω); vgl. auch k^lep-.
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