Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-

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

*welh₁- (imperfective)

1. to choose
2. to want

Derived terms

• *welh₁-e-ti (thematic root present)
  • Proto-Italic: *welō (see there for further descendants)
• *wélh₁-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • Lithuanian: viltis (“to hope”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wiljaną (see there for further descendants)
• *wl̥h₁-yé-ti (ye-present)
  • Ancient Greek: λῶ (lô, “to wish”)
• *wolh₁-éye-ti (causative)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *walīˀtei
    • Proto-Slavic: *voliti
  • Proto-Germanic: *waljaną (see there for further descendants)
• *wl̥nh₁-tóy
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Sanskrit: वृणीते (vṛṇīté, “to choose”)
    • Proto-Iranian: *wr̥nHtáy
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬧𐬙𐬉 (vərəṇtē, “to choose”)
• *wolh₁-o-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáras
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáras
      • Sanskrit: वर (vará)
  • Proto-Germanic: *walō (< *wolh₁-eh₂)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Albanian: *walā
    • Albanian: vallë (maybe, wishfully)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náHti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náHti
      • Sanskrit: वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥náwti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wr̥náwti
      • Sanskrit: वृणोति (vṛṇoti) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Armenian: գեղձ (gełj)
  • Proto-Slavic: *velěti (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *wellos (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *wlidā (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *wela (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1137

References