Proto-IE: *(e)wel(w)e- <PIH *Hʷ->
Meaning: to twist, to drag along
Hittite: hulali- n. 'Wickel, Binde, Spinnrocken' (Tischler 277ff)
Tokharian: A, B wāl- 'cover, conceal; surround, enclose' (Adams 588); B wäl- 'curl' (596)
Old Indian: valati, -te, ptc. valitá- `to turn, turn round'; (?) valá- m. `cave, cavern; (round?) beam or pole';
Armenian: gelum, aor. geli `drehen, umdrehen, zusammendrehen, winden', med. `sich drehen, winden', glem `rolle, werfe nieder', gil `runder Wurfstein'
Old Greek: ẹ̄léō `rollen, drehen, winden, wälzen', íllō `id.', att. ẹ̄́llō `id.'? *wéli-: gélin = orkiân (leg. ormián) Hsch.; héliks, -kos f. `Gewinde, Windung, gewundene Spange, Ranke, Locke, Spirale, Hebewinde'; ôu̯lo- `kraus, zottig, wollig, gewunden'; alindéō, alíndō, aor. ǟ́līsa `wälzen'; ẹ̄lǘō, pfmed. ẹ̄́lǖmai̯, aor. kat-ẹ̄lǘsante `umwinden, umhüllen, bedecken', eilǘomai̯ `sich winden und krümmen, sich fortschleppen, vorwartskriechen', `kribbeln', aor. pass. elǘsthē `rollte', elüsthẹ̄́s `sich krümmend, windend, duckend; umhüllt, bedeckt'; ion., att. élütro-n `Hülle, Schalle, Futteral, Behälter', elǘtǟ-s `Art Backwerk, etwa Brezel'
Latin: volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtum `rollen, kollern, wälzen, drehen, wirbeln', volūta f. `Volute, Spirale des ionischen Kapitäls', volūcra f. ` Wickelraupe', volvola f., volvulus `Winde (Pflanze)', volūmen, -inis n. `Rolee; Papyrusrolle, Buch'; ? vellere 'zupfen, rupfen, ausreissen'
Celtic: OIr fillim `biege'
Russ. meaning: крутить, валять
References: WP I 298 f
Comments: Could be 2 (or more) roots.
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