Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-

See also: 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-European

Root

*welh₁- (imperfective) [1][2]

to choose
to want

Extensions

*welh₁-d-
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἔλδομαι (éldomai)
*welh₁-p-
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἔλπω (élpō)
- Italic:
  - Latin: volup

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*welh%E2%82%81-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *welh₁-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *welh₁-</a>

*welh₁- (root present)
- Italic: *welō
  - Latin: vel, volō (see there for further descendants)
*wélh₁-ye- (ye-present)
- Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
  - Lithuanian: vélti
- Germanic: *wiljaną (see there for further descendants)
*wolh₁-éye- (causative)
- Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
  - Slavic: *voliti
- Germanic: *waljaną (see there for further descendants)
*wl̥nH-tóy
- Indo-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
  - Indo-Aryan: *wr̥nHtáy
    - Sanskrit: वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose”)
  - Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
    - Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉‎ (vərəṇtē, “to choose”)
*wolh₁-o- (resultative noun)
- Indo-Iranian: *wáras
  - Indo-Aryan: *wáras
    - Sanskrit: वर (vará)
- Germanic: *walō
Unsorted formations:
- Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
  - Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náHti
    - Sanskrit: वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti)
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: գեղձ (gełj)
- Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
  - Slavic: *velěti (see there for further descendants)
- Celtic: *wellos (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *wela (see there for further descendants)

References

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

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

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[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill