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Sanskrit
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Etymology
A late root, only attested in Classical texts and after, of uncertain origin.
Tedesco derives the root from वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”), via a series of sound changes वृत् (vṛt) > वृत्त (vṛtta) > *विट्ट (viṭṭa) > वेल्लति (vellati), relating it to वल् (val, “to turn about”).
Burrow considers the root as an ll-extension of a series of Prakrit verbs of the form (ve-a-), relating them to वेज् (vej) and वेप् (vep, “to tremble, shake”). He also considers the "to wind around, be bent" meanings of the root to be etymologically distinct, deriving the latter from वेष्ट् (veṣṭ, “to wind or twist round”).
Pronunciation
Root
वेल्ल् • (vell)
- to shake about, tremble, sway, be tossed or agitated, stagger
- to knead (a dough)
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “वेल्ल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1018/3.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 166
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 478-9
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 262; 460