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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-[1][2]

  1. to see, perceive

Descendants
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wel-‎ (14 c, 0 e)
  • *wél-e-ti ~ *wl-én-ti (thematic root present)[1]
    • Proto-Celtic: *weleti (“to see”) (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *weless (“seer, poet”) (+ *-ess ~ *-etos) (see there for further descendants)
  • *wḗl-s-t ~ *wél-s-n̥t (s-aorist)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *yels-
      • Tocharian B: yel- (“to investigate”)
  • *wléy-ti (ey-aktionsart)
    • ⇒ *wley- (reanalysed root)
      • ⇒ *wléy-de-ti (de-present)[2]
        • >? Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (“to see, look”) (perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”)[1]) (see there for further descendants)
          • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to search”) (see there for further descendants)
          • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s[2][1]
    • Proto-Italic: *woltus
      • Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look”)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “3. *u̯el-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 675
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. u̯el-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1136: “u̯l̥-tu-; u̯elēts; *u̯leid- (*u̯l-ei-d-)”}
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