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Where does “vél” come from?

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

vél (Old Norse): artifice, craft

Definitions

  1. artifice, craft

Ancestry of “vél”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīlącraft, deceit
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwéy-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “vél”

  • vél
  • þvottavél
  • flugvél
  • myndavél
  • reiknivél
  • kaffivél
  • ljósmyndavél
Every word from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ →