velti

Icelandic

Verb

velti

  1. inflection of velta:
    1. first-person singular
    2. third-person singular past
    3. third-person plural present subjunctive

Lithuanian

Etymology

Along with Latvian velt (“to full, trundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, roll, wind”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 (wulan, “to well up, seethe”).[1][2] Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, strike”) or otherwise semantically influenced by it.

Pronunciation

Verb

vélti (third-person present tense vẽlia, third-person past tense vė́lė)

  1. to entangle, tangle, tousle
  2. to crumple, ruffle (hair, etc.)
  3. to gather wool into a felt
  4. to full (cloth)
  5. to do something with effort or difficulty

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “vélti”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 732-3
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “velti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 497

Old Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *welˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, want”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *velě̀ti (“to want; to order”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

velti (infinitive vélti, present vẽlia, past vė́lė)

  1. to let, allow

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ EDBIL, page 496: “velti I”

Old Norse

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

velti

  1. inflection of velta (“to roll over”) (intransitive)
    1. third-person singular present subjunctive of velta
    2. third-person plural present subjunctive of velta
  2. inflection of velta (“to roll, set rolling”) (transitive)
    1. first-person singular present indicative of velta
    2. third-person singular past indicative of velta
    3. third-person present subjunctive of velta
    4. third-person past subjunctive of velta
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