4. u̯el-, u̯elə-
wool, hair; grass, wold, forest
Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| English | Wilderland | wilderness area in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| English | wilderness | uncultivated uninhabited tract/region of land | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | Thistlewool | Bree surname in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| English | flannel | soft twilled wool/worsted napped fabric | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | lanate | woolly, covered with fine hair/filaments | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | lanner | falcon | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | lanolin | wool grease | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | lanugo | dense downy/cottony growth | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | ulotrichous | having crisp/woolly hair | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | vellus | fine bodily hair preceding puberty | n | AHD LRC |
| English | vole | small rodent (related to lemmings) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | Walda | 12th Rohan king in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| English | weald | wood, forest, woodland | n | AHD LRC |
| English | weld | European mignonette (flowery herb) | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | wild | untamed, undomesticated, living in natural state | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | wildebeest | gnu: large African antelope with ox-like horns | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | Wold | Rohan plain in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | prop.n | LRC |
| English | wold | wood, forest; upland plain | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | wool | soft wavy/curly undercoat of (e.g.) sheep | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| Old English | weald | mighty, powerful | adj | ASD LRC |
| Old English | wilde | wild, untamed | adj | LRC |
| Old English | wold | wold: forest | n.str.masc | OED LRC |
| Old English | wull | wool | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| West Saxon | weald | weald: forest | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| Anglian | wald | wold: forest | n.masc | ODE LRC |
| Middle English | flaunneol | flannel, woolen cloth/garment | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | laner | lanner | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | wald, wold | wold: forest | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | welde | weld | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | wilde | wild | adj | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | wolle | wool | n | W7 LRC |
| Celtic | ||||
| Welsh | gwlan | wool | n | LRC |
| Welsh | gwyllt | wild, mad | adj | W7 LRC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian | wald | wold: forest | n.masc | ODE ASD LRC |
| Old Frisian | wilde | wild | adj | ASD LRC |
| Dutch | wol | wool | n | TLL LRC |
| Dutch | woud | wold: forest | n | ODE LRC |
| Afrikaans | wildebees | wildebeest, lit. wild ox | n | W7 LRC |
| Old Saxon | ala-waldo, alo-waldo | mighty, powerful | adj | ASD LRC |
| Old Saxon | wald | wold: forest | n.masc | ODE ASD LRC |
| Old Low German | wildi | wild | adj | ASD LRC |
| Middle Low German | wolde | weld | n | W7 LRC |
| Old High German | al-walto | mighty, powerful | adj | ASD LRC |
| Old High German | wald, walt | wold: forest | n.masc | W7 ASD LRC |
| Old High German | wildi | wild | adj | W7 LRC |
| Old High German | wolla | wool | n.fem | W7 ASD LRC |
| German | Wald | wold: forest | n.masc | LRC |
| German | wild | wild | adj | LRC |
| German | Wolle | wool | n.fem | LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse | villr | wild, astray | adj | LRC |
| Old Norse | vǫllr | wold, untilled field | n.masc | ODE LRC |
| Icelandic | ull | wool | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Icelandic | villr | wild | adj | ASD LRC |
| Icelandic | völlr | wold: plain, field | n.masc | ASD LRC |
| Danish | uld | wool | n | TLL LRC |
| Swedish | ull | wool | n | TLL LRC |
| Swedish | vild | wild | adj | TLL LRC |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic | wilþeis | wild | adj | ASD LRC |
| Gothic | wulla, wolla | wool | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin | lāna | wool | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Latin | lanatus | woolen | adj | W7 LRC |
| Latin | lanugo | wool; cocoon | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Latin | vellus | fleece | n.neut | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | lanier | lanner | n.masc | W7 LRC |
| Balto-Slavic | ||||
| Lithuanian | vluna | wool | n | LRC |
| Old Church Slavonic | vlasъ | hair | n.masc | LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek | εἰλύω | to roll, wrap, enfold | vb | LS LRC |
| Homeric Greek | οὖλος | woolen, woolly | adj | LRC |
| Greek | λῆνος | wool | n.neut | LRC |
| Anatolian | ||||
| Hittite | hulana- | wool | n | LRC |
| Indo-Iranian | ||||
| Avestan | var̥na | wool | n | LRC |
| Sanskrit | ū́rfā | wool | n | LRC |