Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-

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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 terms 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-European

Root

*welh₁- (imperfective)[1][2]

1. to choose
2. to want

Extensions

With laryngeal deletion in the root:

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

Derived terms

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

• *welh₁-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Italic: *welō
    • Latin: volō (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Latin: vel (< *wels (2nd person present indicative))
    • ⇒ Faliscan: vel (< *wels (2nd person present indicative))
    • Unsorted formationes:
      • Umbrian: ehueltu (participle perfect)
• *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-Slavic: *voliti
  • Proto-Germanic: *waljaną (see there for further descendants)
• *wl̥nh₁-tóy
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Sanskrit: वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose”)
    • Proto-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉‎ (vərəṇtē, “to choose”)
• *wolh₁-o-s (resultative noun)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáras
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáras
      • Sanskrit: वर (vará)
  • Proto-Germanic: *walō (< *wolh₁-eh₂)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náHti
      • Sanskrit: वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti)
  • 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)

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1137

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN