väli
Westrobothnian
[ʋɛ̀ːɽe]
verb
Definitions
- To choose, select.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse velja (choose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *waljaną (choose, select) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wel (throng, crowd, desire, want, wish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel
Gloss
throng, crowd, desire, want, wish
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vulgus Latin
- auswählen German
- erwählen German
- wiederwählen German
- wählbar German
- wählen German
- *wel Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- velge Norwegian Bokmål
- *waljaną Proto-Germanic
- velja Norwegian Nynorsk
- velja Old Norse
- vælge Danish
- velja Icelandic
- wellen Old High German
- velja Faroese
- 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *walljan gmw-pro
- valima Estonian
- *valit'ak Proto-Finnic
- vælia Old Swedish