Ultimately from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *welh₁-, see also <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Germanic *wela. *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> (comparative *boľьjь or *vęťьjь) great *velikъ *malъ South <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old Church...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *bel-. Cognate with Sanskrit बल (bala), Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn). *boľьjь bigger, greater; comparative degree of *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> *mьňьjь...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *wálas, with no clear cognates outside <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>. Often connected with *vel- (“big”) (as in *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span>) and explained as meaning "a big...
𐌿𐌻𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (ulbandus). Anlaut *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span>- instead of more precise **vъl- probably due to contamination with *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span>. From early *vъlьb(l)ǫdъ < *vъlbǫdъ...
archaic i-stem adjectives, effectively equivalent to <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *-is + *-ós. In Late Common <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>, the accent was retracted from the ending on the...
From *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> + *-ikъ. *velikъ (comparative *boľьjь or *vęťьjь) great *veličina *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> *malъ East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: великъ (velikŭ) Old Ruthenian:...
(“glorious”) ← *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> (“great”) *mьnikъ (“miniature”) ← *mьňьjь (“smaller”) *-čь <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> terms suffixed with *-kъ Reconstruction:<span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>/bebrъkъ...
degree of *mъnogъ greater; comparative degree of *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> *boľьjь *mьňьjь *Vęťeslavъ East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: вѧчии (vęčii), вѧчьшии (vęčĭšii) Old Ruthenian:...
suffice”) *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> (“big, great”) *velьmi (“very”) *velìkъ, *velьkъ (“big, great”) *voliti (“to wish, to choose”) *volьnъ (“free”) *vòľa (“will”) East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old...
the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian). adjectives *<span class="searchmatch">velь</span> (“big, great”) *velìkъ (“big, great”) *volьnъ (“free, willing”) adverbs *velьmi...