From: tgpedersen
Message: 48304
Date: 2007-04-13
>= Lat. malo (supposedly magis + volo) "will rather"?
> *wel- `to wish, will'. 1. Alb mall `longing, yearning, homesickness,
> nostalgia' probably from prefixed form *mH1- `big, more' + *wolo
> `big wish/will' due to rule VDV = V; b. mall i parë `first love'; c.
> adj i përmallshëm `sentimental, touching, moving; nostalgic'; d. i
> përmalluar `homesic', participle adjective of përmalloj `to feel
> deeply touched (emotionally)', synonymic with mallëngjej `id.'. 2.
> Alb pcl vallë `I wonder, I suppose, perhaps', used usually as
> petrified particle with primary meaning `I wish' in questions,
> tentatively suggesting a statement for confirmation, related to
> Germanic *willan 'to desire', Latin velle `to wish, will' etc.
> It was supposed that it is a loan from Latin malum `evil,
> misfortune' from Meyer to the Orel, that is, semantically speaking,
> nonsense etc.
> (Pokorny 2. wel- 1137.)