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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *wVlV
Meaning: good, new
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *wel-
Meaning: good, best
Old Indian: vára- `valuable, precious, best', vā́rya- n. `treasure, wealth'
Avestan: vairya- `der beste, köstlich, wert'
Celtic: MCymr, Corn, Bret guell `besser', Cymr gwell `id.'
Russ. meaning: хороший, лучший
References: WP I 294 f
Comments: [In Ind. hopelessly confused with *(e)welǝ- `choose, wish' q.v.; cf. also *(e)wel- 1453]
piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-germ,piet-celt,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *wil=, *wal=, *wul=
Meaning: well
Gothic: wɛla (~ waila)
Old Norse: vel `wohl, leicht'
Norwegian: vel
Swedish: väl
Danish: vel
Old English: wel(l)
English: well
Old Frisian: wel, wal
Old Saxon: wela, wel; wola; wala
Middle Dutch: wel, wēle; wal
Dutch: wel
Old Franconian: ONFrank wala
Middle Low German: wol
Old High German: wela, wola (8.Jh.)
Middle High German: wol, wole, wale, wal adv. 'gut, wohl, sehr, völlig, gewiss, leichtlich, fast'
German: wohl
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-got,germet-onord,germet-norw,germet-swed,germet-dan,germet-oengl,germet-engl,germet-ofris,germet-osax,germet-mdutch,germet-dutch,germet-olfrank,germet-mlg,germet-ohg,germet-mhg,germet-hg,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1187
Proto: *wuδ́e
English meaning: new
German meaning: neu
Finnish: uusi (gen. uuden) 'neu'; ? utele- 'neugierig sein, nachfragen'
Estonian: uus (gen. uue) 'neu'
Saam (Lapp): ǫđâs -đđ- (N), attr. ǫđđâ 'new; smth. new', åtā̊s (L), attr. åtā̊ 'neu', ott (T), ōtt (Kld.), odd (Not. A) id.
Mordovian: od (E M) 'neu, jung'
Mari (Cheremis): u (KB U), uw (B) 'neu'
Udmurt (Votyak): vi̮ĺ (S), viĺ (K G), vị̑ĺ (G) 'neu'
Komi (Zyrian): vi̮ĺ (S), viĺ (P PO) 'neu'
Hungarian: új 'neu'
Sammalahti's version: *wuδ'i
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-est,uralet-saa,uralet-mrd,uralet-mar,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-ugr,uralet-samm2,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : WVLV
Meaning : new, young
Afroasiatic : Chad. *wVl- new (+ SH *wVld- 'to bear, young'?)
Notes : Perhaps = WVNLV 'good'
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-notes,
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