u̯el-2, u̯lei-, u̯lē(i)-

    u̯el-2, u̯lei-, u̯lē(i)-

    English meaning: to wish; to choose

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “wollen, wählen”

    Material: A. O.Ind. unthemat. 3. sg. Med. Aor. avr̥ta, Opt. vurīta, participle urüṇ á -; vr̥ṇītḗ, vr̥ṇnǘti, vr̥ṇṓti, vr̥ṇutē “wählen, vorziehen, lieben”, vr̥tá- “gewählt, erwũnscht”, vára- m. “wish, Ghegenstanddes Wunsches”, vara- “vorzũglich, -st, better, best”, varīyam s- “better”, variṣṭha- “best”, varya- “wählbar, vortrefflich, distinguished “, varaṇa- n. “das Wählen, Wũnschen”, vüra- m. “Kostbares, treasure, tribute” etc., vŕ̥thü “ futile “, Av. ap. var- “wählen, wollen” (3. pl. preterit Med.varatü, Opt. vairīmaidī), vǝrǝn[a]- (1. sg. Med. vǝrǝnē), vǝrǝnav- (3. Du. Med. vǝrǝnvaitē ; participle perf. pass. varǝta-, vairya- “the beste, köstlich, wert”; also Av. var- “believe”; Arm. geɫ “Gefallen, beauty” (presumably from *u̯el-no-, compare Welsh gwell “better”); Ven. PNVolti-χnos, Voltiomnus, Illyr. Voltius, Voltisa etc. (M. Lejeune BAL.-SLAV. 49, 41 ff.) from *u̯l̥ti-; Gk. λείω, λήω “will”, after Schwyzer Gk. 1, 676 from *u̯lē(i)mi, pl. *u̯leimé (?); Lat. volō (*velō), vult (*velt), velle “wollen” (Opt. velim), voluntas, -ütis f. “good volition” (previous participle *u̯olunt-tüt-s); nōlo, nevis, nevolt “I will not” (*ne-volō); mülō “I pull vor”, back formation after mavolt (magis volt); Umbr. eh-veltu “jubētō”, veltu “dēligitō”, ehvelklu “dēcrētum, ēdictum”; M.Welsh Corn. Bret. guell “better”, Welsh gwell (*u̯el-no- “Vorzug, Wahl”, or to u̯er-2, see there); Gaul. VN Vellavī, Catu-vellaunī (compare den ligur. PN Genava “Genf”: raet. VN Genauni); Goth. wiljan, O.H.G. willu, wili, wëllan etc. “wollen”; Goth. wilja, O.H.G. uillo, willio etc. “volition”; Kaus. Iter. Goth. waljan, O.Ice. velja, O.H.G. wellen “wählen ” (= O.Ind. varáyati “wählt for sich”, O.C.S. voliti); O.H.G. wala f., O.Ice. val n. “Wahl” (: O.Ind. vára- m.); Lith. pa-vélmi, 3. sg. pa-vélt, Infin. pa-vélti “wollen, allow”, ablaut. viltìs f. “hope” (*u̯l̥tis), viliúos “hoffe”; O.C.S. veljǫ, vele ́ti “wollen, order”, ablaut. volja f. “volition”, therefrom voljǫ, voliti “wollen, wish”, in weiteren ablaut do-vьljǫ, do-vъlěti “genũgen”(*u̯olē-); about Goth. waíla, O.H.G. wela, wola etc. “probably” compare Feist3 543. B. d-extension (d-present): Gk. ἔλδομαι, Hom. ἐέλδομαι ‘sehne mich, demand after etwas”, ἐέλδωρ n. “wish, desire”; Ir. fled, Welsh gwledd “Gastmahl, festival” (*u̯l̥dü); Gaul. PN Vlido-rīx. С. p-extension: Hom. ἔλπω “lasse hoffen”, ἔλπομαι, ἐέλπομαι “hoffe”, perf. poet. ἔολπα; ἐλπίς, -ίδος f. “hope”, ἐλπίζω “hoffe”, Hom. ἐλπωρή “hope”, zero grade *ἄλπιστος, Sup. to ἀλπαλέος, dissim. ἀρπαλέος “erwũnscht, reizend”, ἔπαλπνος “erwũnscht” (r/n-stem); Lat. volup(e) adv. “vergnũglich, gerne”, (*u̯olpi-, *u̯l̥pi-), voluptüs “pleasure”; doubtful Hom. εἰλαπίνη “festival”, Eol. ἐλλαπίνα (*ἐ-Fλαπ-ινᾱ?).

    References: WP. I 294 f., WH. II 828 f., Trautmann 348 f., Specht KZ 62, 59 f., Vasmer 1, 180, 224, Frisk 78, 455, 485, 502 f.