Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welH-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-, 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

Reconstruction

Also reconstructed without the laryngeal as *wel-.

Root

*welH-

to turn, to wind (”to turn coils”)

Derived terms

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

*wl̥H-mí-s (“wave”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wr̥Hmíš (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Albanian: *walwā
  - Albanian: valle
- Proto-Albanian: *walā
  - Albanian: valë
- Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: գելում (gelum), գիլ (gil), գալար (galar), գաղձն (gałjn), գեղձ (gełj), (possibly) գողտր (gołtr)
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Baltic:
    - Latvian: vēl, velt
    - Lithuanian: vėl, velti
  - Slavic:
    - Russian: вал (val), валить (valitʹ)
- Germanic:
  - German: Walzer, walzen
- Proto-Germanic: *waluz, *wiligaz, *walwijaną, *wulaną, *wallaną, *walkaną, *walkōną, *walgōną (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἐλύω (elúō), εἴλω (eílō), εἰλύω (eilúō), ἕλιξ (hélix), εἰλεός (eileós), ἴλη (ílē), ὅλμος (hólmos), ἀολλέες (aollées) (< *sm̥wolnēs), ᾱ̔λής (hālḗs) (< *sm̥wl̥ēs), ᾱ̔λίζω (hālízō), ᾱ̔λία (hālía), ἡλιαία (hēliaía)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: उल्ब (úlba), उल्व (úlva)
- Sanskrit: वलय (valaya, “coil”)
- Sanskrit: वलयति (valayati, “to cause to turn”)
- Sanskrit: वल्लि (valli, “creeper; winding plant”)
- Proto-Italic: *wolwumen, *wolwō, *wolgous, *wolwā (see there for further descendants)
  - Latin: valgus, vallis, vallum, valva, volumen, volvō, vulgus, vulva (see there for further descendants)

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welH-

Proto-Indo-European

Reconstruction

Root

Derived terms

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