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vėl

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin.

Smoczynski tentatively takes the word as coming from the same origin as vėlùs (late), but doesn't trace the words' origin further back.[1]

Buck derives the word either from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (to turn, roll, wind) or its Lithuanian descendant vélti (to full cloth), noting that various Indo-European branches derive words meaning "again" from a root meaning "to turn back", via a series of shifts "(to turn) back" > "back again" > "again". For such a development, compare Italian volta (time, occasion), derived from Latin volvō (to roll, tumble).[2]

Another theory takes the word as possibly from Proto-Indo-European *-wē (or). Compare Latin vel (or, even, and, either) (-ve), Sanskrit वा (, or), and Ancient Greek ().

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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vė̃l

  1. again

References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vė̃l”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 730
  2. ^ vėl”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012