Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welH-, Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₁-, and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welh₃-

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

Root

*wel-

to see

Descendants

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-

*wél-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Celtic: *weleti (see there for further descendants)

*wel-ēt-s
- Proto-Celtic: *welīts (“seer, poet”) (see there for further descendants)

*wl̥-tróm or *wl̥-dʰrom
- Proto-Germanic: *wuldrą (see there for further descendants)

*wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s (“appearance”)
- Proto-Germanic: *wulþuz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)

*wl̥-ei-d-
- Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (see there for further descendants)

*wol-o-
- Proto-Albanian: *wala
  - Albanian: ul
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty”)
- Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to look around, look for”)
  - Old English: wlātian (see there for further descendants)
  - Old Norse: leita (“to seek, search”) (see there for further descendants)
  - Gothic: 𐍅𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (wlaitōn)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: yel- (“to examine”)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wlītan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 591
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “wulþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 599
Pokorny, Julius (1959), “u̯el-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1136f
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “u̯el-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 675

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