u̯al-, u̯al-d(h)-

    u̯al-, u̯al-d(h)-

    English meaning: to be strong

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stark sein”

    Material: Lat. valeō, -ēre “bei Kräften sein, stark sein; gelten, vermögen”, Osc. Fαλε “valens” or “vale”, päl. Ualesies = Lat. Valerius; here also Lat. volēmum (volaemum) pirum “a kind of großer Birne”, to Osc. ualaemom, valaimas “optimus” with unclear -aimo-, perhaps superl. to *valai̯o-? or Nachbildung from Osc. maimo “maximus”? O.Ir. fal-n-, fol-n- “rule, reign” with originally präsensbildendem -n-; O.Ir. flaith f. (*u̯lati-) “Herrschaft, prince, lord” = Welsh gwlad, O.Corn. gulat, M.Corn. gulas, M.Bret. gloat “land”, Bret. glat “fortune”; O.Ir. flaithem “ruler” (*u̯lati̯omos), M.Welsh guletic, Welsh gwledig ds., Gaul.Vlatos ds.; O.Brit. Cuno-vali gen. to *Cuno-valos ‘strong as ein wolf”, M.Welsh Cynwal, O.Ir. Conall ds.; Welsh gwaladr “ruler” (*valatros), with metathesis O.Welsh gualart in PN Cat-gualart, O.Bret. Cat-uualart; eine dental extension is in Gmc. (Proto-Gmc. t) and Balt-Sl. (d or dh) frequent, often: Goth. waldan, O.Ice. valda (*u̯ulÞōm), O.S. present also valla (*valÞan ), preterit also valt (*vevald), O.H.G. waltan etc. “walten, rule, reign, effectuate “; O.Ice. vald n. “power, force, might, Herrschaft”, alts. giwald f. “power, Herrschaft”, O.Fris. wald, O.E. geweald ds., O.H.G. giwalt ds.; O.Ice. einvaldi “Alleinherrscher”, alts. alowaldo, O.H.G. al(e)walto etc.; Lith. velde ́ti “regieren, besitzen”, pavelde ́ti “erben”: O.Pruss. weldīsnan acc. “Erbe, inheritance”, weldūnai m. pl. “Erben”; Iterat. Lith. valdūti “regieren”, Ltv. vàldît “rule, reign”, Lith. valdõnas (Ltv. valduons, vàldiniêks) “ruler”, O.Pruss. wüldnikans acc. pl. “Könige”; Lith. valsčius “Amtsbezirk”, Ltv. vàlsts “Reich, Staat, Gemeinde”; ablaut. Lith. pavildęs “beherrscht”; O.C.S. vladǫ, vlasti “rule, reign”, aRuss. particle present voɫodyj “the herrscht”, O.Cz. vladu vlasti “rule, reign” etc.; O.C.S. vlastь f. “Herrschaft”, Sloven. vlâst “Grundeigentum, possession “etc.; Toch. В walo, A wäl, Obliq. lünt, lünte “king” (*u̯lǝ-nt), Toch. A wälts, В jältse “tausend”.

    References: WP. I 219, WH. II 727 f., Trautmann 340 f., Vasmer 1, 209, 219, 222.