Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welg-

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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

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Etymology

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A synonym *welk- with a different coda velar appears to exist, whence Proto-Celtic *wolkos (rain, wet weather), Latvian valks (wet; creek), Old Icelandic valgr (wet, moist) and Old High German welh (wet; mild).[1]

Root

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*welg-[2]

  1. wet, damp

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wolko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯elg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1145-1146