Proto-Indo-European

*welh₁-

‘to choose’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

20 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, most familiar first.

• will ← willen ← willan ← *willjan ← *wiljaną
• well ← wel ← wel ← *wela
• volunteer ← voluntaire ← voluntaire ← voluntārius ← voluntas
• benevolent ← benevolēns
• malevolent
• volition ← volitiō ← volō ← *welō
• voluptuous ← voluptueux ← voluptuōsus ← voluptās ← volup
• wale ← val ← *walą
• malevolence ← malevolentia ← malevolēns ← volēns ← volō
• fleadh ← fled ← *wlidā ← *wl̥deh₂
• galon ← galonner ← galoner ← galer ← *gualare
• gallimaufry ← galimafrée ← calimafree ← galer ← *gualare

More words from *welh₁-

• voluptuary
• galloon
• nolleity
• nolition
• nolunty
• volens
• volia
• wiln

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-