Wiktionary

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-, Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welH-, and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₃-
 This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European edit

Root edit

*welh₁- (imperfective)[1][2]

  1. to choose
  2. to want

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-‎ (29 c, 0 e)
  • *welh₁-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Italic: *welō (see there for further descendants)
  • *wélh₁-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • Lithuanian: viltis (“to hope”)
    • Proto-Germanic: *wiljaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *wl̥h₁-yé-ti (ye-present)
    • Ancient Greek: λῶ (lô, “to wish”)
  • *wolh₁-éye-ti (causative)
  • *wl̥nh₁-tóy
  • *wolh₁-o-s

Further reading edit

References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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