Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷelH-

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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

    *gʷelH-

    1. to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

    Reconstruction notes

    On the basis of Celtic nasal-infix present *balnīti and several Greek derived terms like βέλεμνον (bélemnon, javelin, dart) the laryngeal may be reconstructed as *h₁.

    Derived terms

    • *gʷelH-éti (root present)
      • Armenian:
        • Old Armenian: կեղ (keł, wound, sore, ulcer), կեղեմ (kełem, to torment, torture, afflict), (possibly) կեղերջ (kełerǰ, complaint, grievance, pain)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gráHti
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Latvian: dzel̂t (to sting)
        • Lithuanian: gélti (to hurt severely)
      • Proto-Germanic: *kwelaną (see there for further descendants)
    • *gʷl̥-né-h₁-ti ~ *gʷl̥-n-h₁-énti (nasal infix present)
      • Proto-Celtic: *balnīti (to die) (see there for further descendants)
    • *gʷelHtlom or *gʷelHdʰlom
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Proto-Slavic: *žędlo (< *geldlo) (Vasmer) (see there for further descendants)
    • *gʷélH-os
      • Hellenic:
    • *gʷelH-ón-eh₂
    • *gʷélH-m̥n-o-
    • *gʷélH-tus
      • Proto-Celtic:
    • *gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti
    • *gʷl̥H-id-yé-
    • *gʷl̥H-mn̥
    • *gʷl̥H-tós
    • *gʷl̥H-trom
    • *gʷolH-éye- (causative)
      • Proto-Germanic: *kwaljaną (see there for further descendants)
      • Hellenic:
    • *gʷolH-mos
      • Proto-West Germanic: *kwalm (see there for further descendants)
    • *gʷόlH-os
      • possibly Proto-Balto-Slavic: *galas
        • Latvian: gals (tip, end; death)
        • Lithuanian: gãlas (tip, end; death)
        • Old Prussian: gallan (acc.), golis (death)
      • Hellenic:
    • Unsorted formations:

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “volō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 687–688