Re: Egads... more questions?

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "A." <xthanex@...> wrote:

>
>
> I am also trying to determine the etymologies of the following

Baltic

> and Slavic diety: Veles -aka- Velinis
>
> Since he is a God of the dead and the underworld, I am guessing

that

> it is related to Val, as in Valhalla.
>
> In the AHDIER, I came across 'wele2' (the 2nd e should be inverted
> but my character map won't do it) - 'to strike, wound'
>
> does this seem correct? any further input?
>
> -Aydan

Lithuanian deities velnias (bad spirit, devil), Velinas (master of
hell), Veliona (goddess of souls, ghosts) are related to ve:^le:^
(soul, ghost, val as you wrote).

Also probably ve:^le:^ is related to ve:^lionis (departed, late
(dead)), so, meaning of ve:^l- (from Proto-Baltic ve:l-) is late, it
hasn't any conections with strike or wound :(

The end.

Vytautas