u̯el-5, u̯elǝ-

    u̯el-5, u̯elǝ-

    English meaning: to deceive

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “täuschen”?

    Material: Lith. vìlti “cheat, deceive”, Ltv. vil̂t ds., O.Pruss. prawilts “verraten”, Lith. vỹlius “deceit, artifice”, zero grade O.Pruss. po-wela ‘sie verrieten”, Ltv. velts “ futile “, Lith. véltas “unnũtz”; (Gk. οὖλος = ὀλοός above S. 777); M.Ir. fell “deceit” (M.Ir. fall, newer faill “Nachlässigkeit”, Welshgwall “ds., lack”, Bret. gwall “evil, bad” are probably as eigene group for sich to stellen); after Būga Kalba ir sen. I 34 f. belong die Balt words to u̯el-2. A extension from *u̯el- perhaps in: Gk. ἐλεφαίρομαι “betrũge, verletze” (*u̯el-ebh-), ὀλοφώιος “trũgerisch”; Lith. vìlbinti (*uḷ̯ - bh-) “locken, äffen, zum besten have”.

    References: WP. I 298; Frisk 493; different Mũhlenbach-Endzelin IV 534, 596.