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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

Root

*welg-[1]

  1. wet, damp

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *welg-‎ (4 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)
  • Proto-Celtic: *wolkos (see there for further descendants)
  • Germanic: Proto-Germanic: *wulkaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Albanian:
      • Proto-Albanian: *(u)la-n-g
      • Proto-Albanian: *ulg(a)ma
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wilgtei
      • Lithuanian: vìlgti, vìlgyti
      • Latgalian: velgme
      • Latvian: vil̂gt, velgme, velgans
      • Old Prussian: welgen
      • Proto-Slavic: *vьlgnǫti, *vьlgъkъ (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “u̯elg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1145-1146
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