*welh₁- (imperfective )[ 1] [ 2]
to choose
to want
*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 )
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *walīˀtei
Proto-Germanic: *waljaną (see there for further descendants )
*wl̥nh₁-tóy
*wolh₁-o-s
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáras
Proto-Germanic: *walō ( < *wolh₁-eh₂ )
Unsorted formations:
Proto-Albanian: *walā
Albanian: vallë ( maybe, wishfully )
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náwti
Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náwti
Sanskrit: वृणोति ( vṛṇoti ) (see there for further descendants )
Old Armenian: գեղձ ( gełj )
Proto-Slavic: *velěti (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Celtic: *wellos (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Celtic: *wlidā (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *wela (see there for further descendants )
^ 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
^ Guus Kroonen (2013 ) Alexander Lubotsky , editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11 )[2] , Leiden, Boston: Brill , →ISBN