Where does “vélmenni” come from?

vélmenni (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic vél, from Old Norse vél, from Proto-Germanic wīlą, from Proto-Indo-European wéy-, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

vélmenni (Icelandic): robot

Definitions

robot

Ancestry of “vélmenni”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Icelandic	vél	machine; motor, engine
2	Old Norse	vél	artifice, craft
3	Proto-Germanic	wīlą	craft, deceit
4	Proto-Indo-European	wéy-	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	éǵh₂	I

Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wéy- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīlą →