Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *(e)welǝ-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to choose, to wish

Old Indian: vr̥ṇīté, vr̥ṇā́ti, vr̥ṇoti, vr̥ṇute, aor. 3 sg. avr̥ta, ptc.vr̥tá- `to choose, ask, request', vará- `choosing', m. `chooser, lover, bride-groom', vára- `valuable, preferable', m. `act or object of choosing, boon, gift, reward'

Avestan: var- `wählen, wollen', vǝrǝn[a]-, vǝrǝnav-, ptc. varǝta-

Other Iranian: OPers var- `wählen, wollen'

Armenian: geɫ `Gefallen, Schönheit'

Old Greek: eéldomai̯, éldomai̯ `sich sehnen, wünschen, verlange', eéldōr, éldōr n. `Wunsch, Verlangen';

Slavic: *velḗti, *volī́tī, *voljā

Baltic: *wel̂- (*wel̂-meî), *wil̂-t-i c.

Germanic: *wil-ja- vb., *wul-ja- vb., *wil-jō f., *wil-ja- m., *wil-jan- m.; *wal-ja- vb.; *wal-a- n., *wal-ō f.

Latin: volō, volt, velle, voluī `wollen; die Absicht haben; übereinstimmen, wohlwollend sein'

Russ. meaning: выбирать, желать

References: WP I 294 f