Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/welg-

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

Etymology

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

*welg-^[2]^[3]^[4]

wet, damp

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welg- (5 c, 0 e)

Derived terms

*wolg-éyeti
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wálˀgīˀtei (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *walg-
  - Latgalian: volgs, Latgalian: volgons, Latgalian: pavolgs
  - Latvian: valgs
  - Proto-Slavic: *volga (see there for further descendants)
*wl̥g-nó-s
- Proto-Germanic: *wulkną (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Albanian: *(u)la-n-g
- Albanian: lëng
Proto-Albanian: *ulg(a)ma
- Albanian: ulmej
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wilgtei
- Lithuanian: vi̇̀lgti, vi̇̀lgyti
- Latgalian: velgme
- Latvian: vil̂gt, velgme, velgans
- Old Prussian: welgen
- Proto-Slavic: *vьlgnǫti, *vьlgъkъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?2. *u̯elg-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 676
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯elk- ~ *u̯elg-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639

[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

[3] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?2. *u̯elg-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 676

[4] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*u̯elk- ~ *u̯elg-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639

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