Variant of *volděti, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *walˀdā́ˀtei, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”). *<span class="searchmatch">voldati</span> to rule, to reign, to...
*<span class="searchmatch">voldati</span> From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *walˀdā́ˀtei, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *h₂welh₁dʰh₁-, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule”). Cognates include Lithuanian valdýti...
*vold- (“to rule”) + *-tь, from the root of one of the verbs *volsti, *<span class="searchmatch">voldati</span> or *volděti all meaning "to rule". Cognate with Latvian valsts (“state...
→ISBN, pages 676-77 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*volděti; *<span class="searchmatch">voldati</span>”, in Etymological Dictionary of the <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological...