Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *waldanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_waldaną
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властиto rule*h₂welh₁-to rule, be strong*welH-to turn, windveldėtito inherit, possess, govern
verbStrong class 7cto ruleKroonen supposes a back-formation from the preterite *wulþǭ (compare Old Norse past olla), which continues an extended aorist root, Pre-Proto-Germanic *h₂wl̥h₁-t-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (‘to rule, be strong’).LIV² posits a *-dʰ-present *wélH-dʰe-ti to the root (there reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *welH- (‘to be strong, hold sway’)), from which a Pre-Proto-Germanic iterative *we-wólH-dʰe-ti was derived, in which case it is close cognate to Lithuanian veldėti (‘to inherit, possess, govern’) and Old Church Slavonic власти (vlasti, ‘to rule’).