Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂welh₁-

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

Etymology

Possibly connected to *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).

Root

*h₂welh₁-

1. to rule
2. strong, powerful

Derived terms

• *h₂wl̥-né-h₁-ti ~ *h₂wl̥-n-h₁-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (hullezi)
• *h₂wl̥h₁-eh₁-(ye)-ti
  • Italic: *walēō
    • Latin: valeō
• *h₂wélh₁-ti-s ~ *h₂wl̥h₁-téy-s
  • Celtic: *wlatis (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂wl̥h₁-etro-
  • Celtic: *walatro-
    • Brythonic: *gwaladr
• Unsorted formations:
  • Celtic: *walos
    • Old Irish: fal
• *h₂welh₁-dʰ- (extended root)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: veldėti
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: vàldît
      • Lithuanian: valdýti
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • (see there for further descendants)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • (see there for further descendants)
    • Germanic: *waldaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • • Proto-Slavic:

Root

*h₂welh₁-

1. hair, wool

Notes:

• May be referred to *wel- (“to turn”) or *welh₃- (“to pluck”)

Derived terms

• *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
• Unsorted formations:
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: λῶμα (lôma), λάχνη (lákhnē), λάχνος (lákhnos), λάσιος (lásios)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: vellus, villus

See also

• *welh₁-
• *welH-