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Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (to cover), and related to Latin operiō (to cover, shut), Lithuanian suvérti (to shut).[1]

Older theories derived the root from Proto-Indo-Aryan *war-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *war-, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to cover, envelop), and connected the root to Scottish Gaelic fearann (estate, land), Avestan 𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬛𐬥𐬁 (uardnā, cover, envelope). Other theories connected the root to Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn, wind, coil).[2] These two Indo-European roots may have semantically influenced and merged with the Sanskrit (though Mayrhofer and Rix seem to reconstruct the *welH- as *wel- instead).[3]

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वृ (vṛ)

  1. to cover, screen, veil, conceal, hide, surround, obstruct
  2. to close (a door)
  3. to ward off, check, keep back, prevent, hinder, restrain
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References edit

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 555-6
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 512-3
  3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 228:Im Ved. ist *Hu̯er- mit l .*u̯el- 'einschließen' und 1 .*u̯er- 'aufhalten, wehren' zusammengefallen;

Etymology 2 edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to choose, to want). Cognate with Latin volo (to wish, want), English will.[1]

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वृ (vṛ)

  1. to choose, select
  2. to ask a person for or on behalf of
  3. to solicit anything from
  4. to like, love well
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References edit

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 511-2