Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wélḱ-u-. Compare Sanskrit वल्श (valśa). <span class="searchmatch">𒌑𒂖𒆪</span> • (ú-el-ku) n grass, planting ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary...
Proto-Indo-European *welik- (compare (Arcadian) Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē), Hittite <span class="searchmatch">𒌑𒂖𒆪</span> (welku, “grass”)), from *wel- (“twist, turn”). (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪl.əʊ/...
Heiltsuk: k̓ít̓ṃ Hiligaynon: hilamon Hindi: घास (hi) f (ghās) Hittite: <span class="searchmatch">𒌑𒂖𒆪</span> c (we-el-ku) Hopi: tuusaqa Hungarian: fű (hu) Hunsrik: Graas n Icelandic:...