"wel-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

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Root

  1. to see, perceive Wikipedia link: Helmut Rix, Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben Tags: morpheme, reconstruction

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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wél-e-ti ~ *wl-én-ti (thematic root present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*weleti",
            "t": "to see"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *weleti (“to see”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *weleti (“to see”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*weless",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "seer, poet"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *weless (“seer, poet”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "+ *-ess ~ *-etos"
          },
          "expansion": "(+ *-ess ~ *-etos)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *weless (“seer, poet”) (+ *-ess ~ *-etos) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wḗl-s-t ~ *wél-s-n̥t (s-aorist)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*yels-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *yels-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *yels-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "yel-",
            "t": "to investigate"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: yel- (“to investigate”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: yel- (“to investigate”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wléy-ti (ey-aktionsart)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reshaped by analogy or addition of morpheme",
            "2": "⇒"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "⇒"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *wley- (reanalysed root)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reshaped by analogy or addition of morpheme",
            "2": "⇒"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "⇒"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *wléy-de-ti (de-present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*wlītaną",
            "t": "to see, look",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (“to see, look”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”))",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (“to see, look”) (perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”)) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*wlaitōną",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "to search"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to search”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to search”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*wlitiz",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "sight, appearance, face"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "alt": "*woltus"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *woltus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *woltus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "voltus",
            "t": "(facial) expression"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Armenian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Armenian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "գեղ",
            "t": "beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look”)"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-",
  "pos": "root",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German quotations with omitted translation",
          "parents": [
            "Quotations with omitted translation",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European ReR-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to see, perceive"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "see",
          "see"
        ],
        [
          "perceive",
          "perceive"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wel-"
}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wél-e-ti ~ *wl-én-ti (thematic root present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*weleti",
            "t": "to see"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *weleti (“to see”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *weleti (“to see”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*weless",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "seer, poet"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *weless (“seer, poet”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "+ *-ess ~ *-etos"
          },
          "expansion": "(+ *-ess ~ *-etos)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *weless (“seer, poet”) (+ *-ess ~ *-etos) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wḗl-s-t ~ *wél-s-n̥t (s-aorist)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*yels-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *yels-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *yels-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "yel-",
            "t": "to investigate"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: yel- (“to investigate”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: yel- (“to investigate”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wléy-ti (ey-aktionsart)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reshaped by analogy or addition of morpheme",
            "2": "⇒"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "⇒"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *wley- (reanalysed root)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "reshaped by analogy or addition of morpheme",
            "2": "⇒"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "tooltip"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "⇒",
          "name": "⇒"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ *wléy-de-ti (de-present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*wlītaną",
            "t": "to see, look",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (“to see, look”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”)"
          },
          "expansion": "(perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”))",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Germanic: *wlītaną (“to see, look”) (perhaps more likely from a contaminated *weyd- (“to see”)) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*wlaitōną",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "to search"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to search”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlaitōną (“to search”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*wlitiz",
            "der": "1",
            "t": "sight, appearance, face"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Germanic: *wlitiz (“sight, appearance, face”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*wél-tu-s ~ *wl̥-téw-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "alt": "*woltus"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *woltus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *woltus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "voltus",
            "t": "(facial) expression"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: voltus (“(facial) expression”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hyx-pro",
            "2": "-"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Armenian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Armenian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xcl",
            "2": "գեղ",
            "t": "beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Armenian: գեղ (geł, “beauty; (beautiful) appearance, look”)"
    }
  ],
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  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wel-",
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        "German terms with quotations",
        "Proto-Indo-European ReR-shape roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
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        "to see, perceive"
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          "see",
          "see"
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          "perceive"
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      ],
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        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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