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”).

Root

*welg-

1. 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)
• Germanic: Proto-Germanic: *wulkaną (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Albanian:
    • Proto-Albanian: *(u)la-n-g
      • Albanian: lëng
    • Proto-Albanian: *ulg(a)ma
      • Albanian: ulmej
  • 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)