Proto-Indo-European Edit
*welh₁- (imperfective )[1] [2]
to choose
to want Extensions Edit
*welh₁-d-
Ancient Greek: *ἐϝέλδομαι ( *ewéldomai )
*welh₁-p-
Ancient Greek: *ϝέλπω ( *wélpō ) Ancient Greek: ἔλπω ( élpō )
Old Latin: *volupe Derived terms Edit
*welh₁-e-ti ( thematic root present )
Italic: *welō Latin: volō (see there for further descendants ) ⇒ Latin: vel (< *wels ( 2nd person present indicative ) )
*wélh₁-ye-ti ( ye-present )
Lithuanian: viltis ( “ to hope ” )
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 ( resultative noun )
Unsorted formations:
Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
Old Armenian: գեղձ ( gełj )
Slavic: *velěti (see there for further descendants )
Celtic: *wellos (see there for further descendants )
Germanic: *wela (see there for further descendants ) Further reading Edit
References Edit
^ 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
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN