Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-

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

*wel-

1. to see, perceive

Descendants

• *wél-e-ti ~ *wl-én-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Celtic: *weleti (“to see”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *weless (“seer, poet”) (+ *-ess ~ *-etos) (see there for further descendants)

• *wḗl-s-t ~ *wél-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *yels-
    • Tocharian B: yel- (“to investigate”)

• *wléy-ti (ey-aktionsart)
  • ⇒ *wley- (reanalysed root)
    • ⇒ *wléy-de-ti (de-present)
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (“to see, look”) (perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”)) (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to search”) (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”) (see there for further descendants)

• *wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s
  • Proto-Italic: *woltus
    • Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look”)

References