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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

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welh₁-‎ (29 c, 0 e)
  • *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
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥nHtáy
        • Sanskrit: वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose”)
      • Proto-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
        • Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉 (vərəṇtē, “to choose”)
  • *wolh₁-o-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáras
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáras
    • Proto-Germanic: *walō (< *wolh₁-eh₂)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian: *walā
      • Albanian: vallë (maybe, wishfully)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náHti
        • Sanskrit: वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náwti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náwti
    • 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

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
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