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wel-2
To turn, roll; with derivatives referring to curved, enclosing objects.
Derivatives include waltz, willow, wallow, revolve, valley, and helix.- waltz, from Old High German walzan, to roll, waltz;
- welter, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch welteren, to roll. Both a and b from Germanic *walt‑.
- whelk1, from Old English weoluc, weoloc, mollusk (having a spiral shell), whelk, from Germanic *weluka‑.
- Perhaps Germanic *wel‑. willow, from Old English welig, willow (with flexible twigs).
- Perhaps Germanic *welk‑. walk, from Old English wealcan, to roll, toss, and wealcian, to muffle up.
- O-grade form *wol‑.
- well1, from Old English wiella, wælla, welle, a well (< "rolling or bubbling water," "spring");
- gaberdine, from Old High German wallōn, to roam;
- wallet, possibly from Old North French *walet, roll, knapsack. a-c all from Germanic *wall‑.
- Perhaps suffixed o-grade form *wol-ā‑.
- wale, from Old English walu, streak on the skin, weal, welt;
- Old High German *-walu, a roll, round stem, in compound *wurzwalu (see wrād-). Both a and b from Germanic *walō.
- Extended form *welw‑.
- wallow, from Old English wealwian, to roll (in mud), from Germanic *walwōn;
- vault1, vault2, volt2, voluble, volume, volute, volutin, volvox, voussoir; archivolt, circumvolve, convolve, devolve, evolve, involucrum, involve, multivoltine, revolve, from Latin volvere, to roll;
- suffixed o-grade form *wolw-ā‑. volva, vulva, from Latin vulva, volva, covering, womb;
- suffixed zero-grade form *wl̥w-ā‑. valve, valvule, from Latin valva, leaf of a door (< "that which turns");
- suffixed form *welu-tro‑. elytron, from Greek elutron, sheath, cover.
- Suffixed form wel-n‑. ileus; neurilemma, from Greek eilein (< *welnein), to turn, squeeze.
- Perhaps variant *wall‑. vail, vale1, valley, vlei, from Latin vallēs, vallis, valley (< "that which is surrounded by hills").
- Possibly suffixed form *wel-enā‑. Helen; elecampane, inulin, from the Greek name Helenē (oldest form Welenā), Helen.
- Suffixed form *wel-ik‑. helicon, helix; helicopter, from Greek helix, spiral object.
- Suffixed form *wel-mi-nth‑. helminth; anthelmintic, aschelminth, platyhelminth, from Greek helmis, helmins (stem helminth‑), parasitic worm.
[Pokorny 7. u̯el‑ 1140.] |
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