vēlēt

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See also: velet

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wel- / *welˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Cognate with Old Lithuanian velti (to allow) 1sg. velmi, Proto-Slavic *velěti, Latin volō (to want), inf. velle, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wiljan, to want), English will, Sanskrit वृणाति (vṛṇā́ti, to choose, to prefer), Avestan 𐬬𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬙𐬉 (vərəntē, to choose, to prefer), Welsh gwell (better), Ancient Greek ἔλδομαι (éldomai, to wish).

Verb

vēlēt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present vēlu, vēli, vēl, past vēlēju)

  1. to wish
  2. to say so that (what) is realized
  3. order, invite (what to do)

Conjugation

Verb

vēlēt (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present vēlēju, vēlē, vēlē, past vēlēju)

  1. to vote
  2. to elect

Conjugation

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vēlēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, page 503