Where does “vėlė” come from?

vėlė (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

vėlė (Lithuanian): spirit of a dead human; ghost

Definitions

  1. spirit of a dead human; ghost

Ancestry of “vėlė”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →