velti

Icelandic

Verb

velti

  1. inflection of velta:
    1. first-person singular
    2. third-person singular past
    3. third-person plural present subjunctive

Lithuanian

Etymology

Along with Latvian velt (to full, trundle), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn, roll, wind). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 (wulan, to well up, seethe).[1][2] Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (to hit, strike) or otherwise semantically influenced by it.

Verb

vélti (third-person present tense vẽlia, third-person past tense vė́lė)

  1. to entangle, tangle, tousle
  2. to crumple, ruffle (hair, etc.)
  3. to gather wool into a felt
  4. to full (cloth)
  5. to do something with effort or difficulty

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “vélti”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 732-3
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “velti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497

Old Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *welˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to choose, want). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *velě̀ti (to want; to order).[1]

Verb

velti (infinitive vélti, present vẽlia, past vė́lė)

  1. to let, allow

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “velti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 496

Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

velti

  1. inflection of velta (to roll over) (intransitive)
    1. third-person singular present subjunctive of velta
    2. third-person plural present subjunctive of velta
  2. inflection of velta (to roll, set rolling) (transitive)
    1. first-person singular present indicative of velta
    2. third-person singular past indicative of velta
    3. third-person present subjunctive of velta
    4. third-person past subjunctive of velta
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