vél
Icelandic
/vjɛːl/
noun
Definitions
- machine
- motor, engine
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse vél (craft, artifice) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wīlą (craft, deceit) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (turn, bend, wind, rotate turn, move, plait, twist, be strong, go ahead, weave).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wey-
Gloss
turn, bend, wind, rotate turn, move, plait, twist, be strong, go ahead, weave
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
織
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewile English
- outwile English
- wile English
- wileful English
- wily English
- *wey- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *wigulą Proto-Germanic
- *wīlą Proto-Germanic
- watel Old English
- wīl Old English
- wile Middle English
- vél Old Norse
- byssa Icelandic
- búnaður Icelandic
- flug Icelandic
- flugvél Icelandic
- kaffi Icelandic
- kaffivél Icelandic
- ljósmynd Icelandic
- ljósmyndavél Icelandic
- mynd Icelandic
- myndavél Icelandic
- prent Icelandic
- prentvél Icelandic
- raka Icelandic
- rakvél Icelandic
- reiknivél Icelandic
- rit Icelandic
- ritvél Icelandic
- vélbyssa Icelandic
- vélbúnaður Icelandic
- vélfræði Icelandic
- vélfræðingur Icelandic
- *wēliyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēlos Proto-Celtic
- *wei- Proto-Balto-Slavic