वल्

Of uncertain origin.

Traditionally derived directly from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). However, due to the chronologically late attestation of the root, this is unlikely.

Tedesco derives the root from वृत् (vṛt, “to turn, rotate”); connections to तोरण (toraṇa, “an arch”), वलि (vali, “a wrinkle”), वलय (valaya, “a bracelet, circle”), and वेल्ल् (vell, “to shake about, sway”) have also been proposed.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐl/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐl̪/

वल् • (val)

1. to turn, turn round, turn to
2. to be drawn or attached towards, be attached to
3. to move to and fro
4. to go, approach, hasten
5. to return (i.e. come back or home)
6. to return (i.e. depart or go away again)
7. to break forth, appear
8. to increase
9. to cover or enclose or to be covered

• Monier Williams (1899) “वल्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 927/3.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 155

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 460
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 161