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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welH-, Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-, and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₃-
Proto-Indo-European
Root
*wel-
- to see
Descendants
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-
- *wél-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Celtic: *weleti (see there for further descendants)
- *wel-ēt-s
- Proto-Celtic: *welīts (“seer, poet”) (see there for further descendants)
- *wl̥-tróm or *wl̥-dʰrom
- Proto-Germanic: *wuldrą (see there for further descendants)
- *wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s (“appearance”)
- Proto-Germanic: *wulþuz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic:
- Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)
- *wl̥-ei-d-
- Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (see there for further descendants)
- Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty”)
- Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to look around, look for”)
- Old English: wlātian (see there for further descendants)
- Old Norse: leita (“to seek, search”) (see there for further descendants)
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wlaitōn)
- Proto-Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: yel- (“to examine”)
- Proto-Armenian:
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wlītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wulþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 599
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), “u̯el-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1136f
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “u̯el-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 675