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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
*welg-[2]
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- *wolg-éyeti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wálˀgīˀtei (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *walg-
- Germanic: Proto-Germanic: *wulkaną (see there for further descendants)
- Unsorted formations:
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wolko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯elg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1145-1146