Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welH- and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₃-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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Proto-Indo-European

Root

*welh₁- (imperfective)

1. to choose
2. to want

Extensions

• *welh₁-d-
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔλδομαι (éldomai)
• *welh₁-p-
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἔλπω (élpō)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: volup

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the PIE root *welh₁-

• *welh₁- (root present)
  • Italic: *welō
    • Latin: vel, volō (see there for further descendants)
• *wélh₁-ye- (ye-present)
  • Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
    • Lithuanian: vélti
  • Germanic: *wiljaną (see there for further descendants)
• *wolh₁-éye- (causative)
  • Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
    • Slavic: *voliti
  • Germanic: *waljaną (see there for further descendants)
• *wl̥nH-tóy
  • Indo-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
    • Indo-Aryan: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Sanskrit: वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose”)
    • Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉‎ (vərəṇtē, “to choose”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
    • Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náHti
      • Sanskrit: वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: գեղձ (gełj)
  • Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
    • Slavic: *velěti (see there for further descendants)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1137