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 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.

Proto-Indo-EuropeanEdit

RootEdit

*welh₁- (imperfective)^[1]^[2]

to choose
to want

ExtensionsEdit

*welh₁-d-
- Ancient Greek: *ἐϝέλδομαι (*ewéldomai)
  - Ancient Greek: ἔλδομαι (éldomai)
*welh₁-p-
- Ancient Greek: *ϝέλπω (*wélpō)
  - Ancient Greek: ἔλπω (élpō)
- Old Latin: *volupe
  - Latin: volup

Derived termsEdit

► Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-

*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)
- Balto-Slavic: *walīˀtei
  - Slavic: *voliti
- Germanic: *waljaną (see there for further descendants)
*wl̥nh₁-tóy
- Indo-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
  - Indo-Aryan: *wr̥nHtáy
    - Sanskrit: वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose”)
  - Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
    - Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉‎ (vərəṇtē, “to choose”)
*wolh₁-o-s (resultative noun)
- Indo-Iranian: *wáras
  - Indo-Aryan: *wáras
    - Sanskrit: वर (vará)
- Germanic: *walō (< *wolh₁-eh₂)
Unsorted formations:
- Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
  - Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náHti
    - Sanskrit: वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti)
- 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)

ReferencesEdit

^ 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

[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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