Alternation of words wth L or R in IEan languages

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I have remarked that IE roots attached to close enough meanings differed between them only by the alternation of R/L or the reverse.
According to M. POKORNIK (old reconstructions, but sensible):


*bal-bal- babbling, unclear speech

*bar-bar- babbling, unclear speech

*bhel- glittering white > bheleg to shine
*bher- shining, bright brown > bher[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ə[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]g, bhr[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ē[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]g [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to shine, bright, white[/FONT]
*bhl[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ē[/FONT]u- < bhel- to bloat, to swell, to blow up, to flow
*bhr[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ē[/FONT]u- > bhreu-d to swell, to sprout
*gel- to curl, to form into ball, round
*ger- to curl to wind, to turn
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*ğ[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]hel- (*ghel-?) [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]>[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ğ[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]hle-[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] to shine, to glare, to glow, gold, yellow, bright colour[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ğher- (-g-), *ğhre- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to shine, to beam, to shimmer[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kal- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]hard, callous, blister[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kar- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]hard[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*k[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]el- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to cut[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ker- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to cut[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]? *[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]k[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]w[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]el- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to turn, wheel + ? neck[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]? *[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]k[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]w[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]er- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]dish, pot (? meaning of roundness, or turned pots?)[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*k[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]r[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ā-(-u), *krə-, *krŭ- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to heap up, to pile together, heap, roof[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*klā- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to lade, to place, to heap up, to lay down[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]mel-, *mel[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ə[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]dark colour, dirty[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]mer-, *mor- > *moru-, *moro- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to blacken, dark colour, dirt spot[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]? *[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]pel- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to fold >[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] pleǩ- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to plait, to ply, to weave[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]? *[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]pr[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ā[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to bend[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*wel-, *[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wlē-[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] to turn, to wind, round, voluble[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]*[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wer-[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] to turn, to bend, to wrap[/FONT]


[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]S[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]o a repetition of the same phenomenon cannot be due to pure hazard. We could think that this alternation is old among IE languages ; in today dialects, it’s true, it ‘s a constant and so is not so surprising; it doesn’t need exchanges between remote IE dialects because it occurs on little scale too. I suppose it occurs also among other groups of languages.[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]What is your opinion? Could you post some similar examples in diverse languages?[/FONT]
 
- breton
karreg reef
krag sandstone > kragell -
kloc’h bell (resounding stone at first) - klopenn < klog-penn skull, crania – kleger rocks pile or rocks mass - ? krug, krugell stone tumulus (meaning of stone pile or meaning of circle?)
- welsh
carreg stone, rock - craig rock, crag -
cloch bell – penglog skullclogfaen boulder - clegyr rock, cliff, crag -
? crug hillock, heap, cairn -
- irish
carraig rock - carn cairn, stones heap - creag/creig crag, rocky eminence, rock -
clog bell - cloch stone – cladrach stony place -
- scot gaelic
carn heap of stone – carragh erect stone – carraig rock jutting into the sea, cliff, headland -
creagach rocky, craggy, cliffy, roughcreig rock -
clag bell - clach stone – cladach shore (stony or sandy) -
-
serbo-croatian

kr[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]š[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]rock [/FONT]
+ maybe, from ? *s-k°l-
-tchèque

skàla rock -
-russe skala rock -
-bulgarian
skala rock
-polish
ska[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ł[/FONT]a rock



 
Serbo-Croatian: krš [kïrsh] : rock - sorry
 
Meanings of curve, round, circle
greek- kurtos curved, bent - korônos curved, bent, hooked - lat- + corona crown – corolla corolla >> anc-fre- corb- >> courbe – incurver – couronne – couronner – corolle – corollaire - Esp- corvo – encorvar – corona – coronar - It- curvo – incurvare – coronare - >> Slav- Srb-Cro kruna crown -
enlarged form (sic!) *kerk- same basic meaning
- greek- kirkos / krikos = ring - kerkos = animals tail
- lat- circus = circle, creek, inlet - circa = around (close) (loaned by other groups of languages) – circuire – circulus - circellus – circare – circulare – circinus compass
- anc-fre cerche round, tour - cerchier to go circularly > to search - cernel small hole/opening -
- fre- cirque – cercle – circonférence – circuit – circuler – circonspect – cerceau – chercher (sercher) – recherche – cerne – cerner - >> eng- search – germ- zirkel – bezirk district
- span- circo – cerco – cerca – circuir – circulo – cercillo, zarcillo earing- cercar to gird on, to put on, to surround - cercenar to trim, to cut down
- it- circa – cerchia surrounding wall, enclosure – cerchio – circuire - circolo – cerchiello – cercare – cercine roll/fold of flesh -
let’s note cercle, circle, circuler < ? *k°r-k°l ?!? or *k°r-kw°l ???
greek cyclos (kuklos) < *kwekwl-
 
-russian
krug round, circle – krugljij curved - krutitj to spin, to drill – krutic(j)a to turn around – kru[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ž[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]it[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to revolve, to wring – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kriv[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ó[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]curved, bent -[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]k[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]or[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ó[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]nka [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]crown [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif](loan, not cognate?)[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]k[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]lanjats(j)a[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] to slope oneself - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kal[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]í[/FONT]tka small door, gate, wicket – koleno knee – koljcev[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ól[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]circular – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kol[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]có[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] ring – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]koleso [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wheel - [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]- bulgarian[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kriv[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]bent, twisted, + hunchback ? - [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]krivina [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]curve – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kr[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ʌg[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]circle, round - [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kr[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ʌgal [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]circular, rounded - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]+ ? krju[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]č[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ok hook, [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]staple[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]korona [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]crown [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif](loan, not cognate?)[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]koljano[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]knee – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kolelo [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wheel - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]- [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]s[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]e[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]rb[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]o-[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]c[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ro[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]atian [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kriv [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]= [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]bent, curved [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]>> [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to dip, to take a downturn[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif], [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]guilty, culprit[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] - [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]krivina [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]bend, curve[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]- [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]krug [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]circle, round[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] - [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]kru[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ž[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]iti [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]to circulate[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] - [/FONT]
- czech
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]kruh / kru[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ž[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]nice [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]circle[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] - [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]kru[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ž[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]itko [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]compass[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]kolo [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]wheel[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]- pol[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]kr[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ą[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]g [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]round [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif](let’s remark the mark on the[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] '[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]a[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]' [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]of the infix[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] 'n', [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]see english [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]hri[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]n[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]g[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif], [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]french [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ra[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]n[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]g [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]!)[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] - [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]okr[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ągły [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]= [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]round, curved[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ko[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]ł[/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]o [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]wheel[/FONT]

the proximity of the roots of some of these words doesn't prove that they are immediate cognates (ATW PIE it's reconstruction), but it seems they have a remote common origin, IMO. But sometimes I could be abused by the hazard of semantic proximities, vagueness and drifts.
 
-breton
kromm curved, bendkronn > krenn 1 round, circular - kerc’hlenn circle -
krec’h fuzzy, frizzy – kris creased, wrinkled - gronnañ << °kronnañ = to surround
? krenn 2 mean, small, iminished by round about cutting < > krennañ > kriniañ to gnaw, to eat away ? - krek core, stalk -
kelc’h circle –
? kleis (< kleiz) left (side) ?
-welsh

crwm/crom curved, bendcrwn/cron round, circular – cronhoi to surround -
cylch circle - ? cledd left (side) ? -
-scot gaelic
cruim curved, bend – croch to hang, to suspend > croich gibbet – crom to bend, to stoop, to decline - cruinn circle + round, circular, rotund - cruinnim/cruinnich = to aggregate, to gather < to surround -
claon to incline, to rebel > claonadh slanting, inclining, squinting -
clearc ringlet, curl, lock of hair – clichd hook, crook – clip hand hook, large hook -
 
My first hypothesis would be: remnants of a former dialectal variation that was mostly overrun by a homogeneization caused by the dominance of one particular dialect over the others, with only remnants of phonetic differences between distinct dialects, such as these you found, surviving that linguistic convergence, sometimes with slightly different meanings, as it often happens in the case of regional slangs and dialectal forms of words that are kept in use even after the people shift to another more prestigious dialect or related language.
 
My first hypothesis would be: remnants of a former dialectal variation that was mostly overrun by a homogeneization caused by the dominance of one particular dialect over the others, with only remnants of phonetic differences between distinct dialects, such as these you found, surviving that linguistic convergence, sometimes with slightly different meanings, as it often happens in the case of regional slangs and dialectal forms of words that are kept in use even after the people shift to another more prestigious dialect or related language.

Even if some hazardous coincidences could have occurred, it seems that the most of these roots groups are linked in a more or less far past, some with R some with L.
So, if true, I agree 100% with you. In times when writings were absent or almost, in a rather uncentralized but satellized group of tribes, variants were born and after that absorbed here and there by dominant groups, in the kind of process you explain well, I think. It's probable that a lot of ancient dialects, in between at he margins of the today "winners", have been swallowed by history.
 
- russian
vra[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]šč[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]at[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif][/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] to do turn (turbine) – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vra[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]šč[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]at[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]sja[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to turn (satellite) – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vertet[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif][/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to roll (to wheel) – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vertet[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]sja [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to swirn, to whirl, to spin – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]virt[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]sja [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to twist, to buckle, to wring[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vor[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]óč[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]at[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]sja [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to turn [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]round ([/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]oneself[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]) - [/FONT]

[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]val [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]cylinder – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vàlik [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]bolster – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]valjat[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]j[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]sja [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to wallow, to roll oneself on in – [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]? [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]volnà [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wave – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]volvénie [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]trouble, excitement, bustle - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]? [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vlévo[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]left -[/FONT]


[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]-bulgarian[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]v[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ʌ[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]rtja [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to turn – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]v[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ʌ[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]rtja[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]š[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ta [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]turnstile – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vrata[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]door[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif][/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vr[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ʌštam [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to give back -[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]vr[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ʌštam se [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to return - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]valcuvam [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]to roll - [/FONT]


-czech
vrata door – vrt boring, drilling – vrtàk gimlet + spin ? - vrtkavost fickleness, inconstancy – vrtohlavost turnsick, sturdy – vrtoch whim, caprice – vrtule helix, propeller -
+ verze version (latin loan?)
valcovàni cylindring – vàlec rolling – valiti to wheel, to roll -
? vlevo left -
 
some Slavic words in VR- exist with meanings like damage or enemy (enemy: opposite, reverse, contrary...) ???
 
- russian
vlitj, vlivatj to pour -
- polish
wraca[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]ć[/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif] to go back, to turn – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]warkocz [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]braid, plait – [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wir [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]whirl(wind) - [/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]+ ? [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]wrog [/FONT][FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]enemy ? -[/FONT]
- serbo-croatian
vir whirl(wind)vrata (door) – vrat (neck > throat) – vratiti to give back, to pay backvrtlog whirl(wind), swirl + vrdatito warp, to distort
+ ? varanje deception, trickery – varati to deceive -
valjak cylinder, roll, roller – valjati to laminate > to wallow, to flatten – val wave -
 
english
to wring wrong to wrap wrinkle wrist + ? root < *wrot/*wort ?
wry neck 'torticolis' – wreath : crown

? wrestle
- german

wirbel whirl -
walze roll, cylinderwalzen to roll - welle wave – wellen to undulate, to curl –
- dutch
wervel turnstile, spinner + vertebra -
wals roll, cylinder – walsen to laminate -
? wars opponent, adversary – walving bend, curvature -
? wortel(s) root > (carots)wringen to wring -
- swedish
vrida to twist, to wring, to bend
välvd arched, bow, hooked -
 
- french
vrille spin, gimlet > vriller to drill, to spin > to bore into -
verser to pour - + renverser to overturn, to upset – inverser to reverse – envers 2 other side, wrong side – versatile fickle, changeable – versant slope, hillside – intervertir to invert, to reverse
volute curl of smoke – voûte > voûté bent, stooped, arched, vaulted – volte volte > révolte rebellion, revolt -
see italian voltare, spanish voltar to turn -
 
the roots in cause would be
*wel IV- to wheel, to roll

greek elub < *welub > eilô, êllo to wheel? + helix, helikos spiral - french hélice
latin volvere (volutum) to wheel, to roll - volumen roll, roller - > volubilis, evolutio, evolvere...

see spanish volver, voluta, vuelta, voltear, volumen... + desenvuelto, revuelta, vale
italian volgere, volta < volvita, voltolare + valle, vallone, rivolta
lat > english voluble, devolve, involve, revolve, revolution > "franglais" revolver

*wer- IVto turn, to twist
sanskrit vàrtate "he turns" -
latin vortere/vertere > versum to turn - versare to turn often - vortex whirl - verticalis vertical -
vertigo whirl -
dorsum? <*devorsum back of body - universus wholy turned towards - adversitas opposition convertere to turn -
I don't put here all the derived words from latin in romances languages; here under their "brothers" loaned by english language
versed, verse, vertical, universe, adversary, aversion, versus...
+ *wer-g-
verge, to converge, to divergeassumed by more than one:
english worth :german wert = dutch waarde, swedish värda, concept of revolving < > to exchange < > to sell = welsh gwerthu, breton gwerthañ


not finished: it stays *wer-b- and *wer-m-
 
A rolled "r" would be very close phonetically (and "anatomically") to an "l". To such a point that the very nature of the consonant may have been ambiguous in some dialects, and the shift from one to the other almost "natural".

Compare Spanish "blanco" and Portuguese "branco".

Same thing, only older : Latin "Flamen", Ancient Geek "Βραχμᾶνες, Brakhmanes", Sanskrit "Brahmana". (Allegedly from PIE *bhlagh-men, priest)
 
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Agree totally.
and portuguese praya compared to spanish playa and surely a lot of examples...
I occurs frequently nowadays, why not before.
dial.breton braouac'h/blaouac'h terror - dial. luskellad/ruskellad to rock
breton treud thin, "skinny", meager - welsh tlawd poor -
&: one hypothesis is that the etnic name Alan would come from Aryan
 
*wer-/*wel- meaning of twist, curve, ring, turn, reverse


- irish
féire/ crookedness, obliqueness – fiar(adh) slant, tilt, bias, obliquity + to veer, to turn, to bend, to twist, to distort – fiaras crookedness, perversion – fiarlàn zigzag – forneàil act of rolling - freang to twist, to contort, to wrench – freangach contorted, twisted – freas- prefix marking meanings as reverse, … back, reaction, opposition … > freaschuir to reverse (juridic) -
? fréamh root ? - ? fris- > frisnéis refuse, rebut ? … frith- > anti-, conter- ...
fail 1 ring, bracelet – faoileàil to wheel, to spin, to revolve – fill to bend, to turn back, to fold -filleasc fold – filleadh fold, ply -
? feall trichery, deceit, failure ? -
- gaelic
fiar crooked, aslant, inclining, oblique – frideag ring-worm -
? freagairt reply, answer ? (same in irish, I suppose) -
? feall deceit + false words
- breton
gwar twisted > gwareg bow, arch > gwareger archer -
gwrac’higenniñ to wrinkle ?gwrac’hell rounded haystack ? + derived words –
? gwrizienn root ? - ? gouris < *gwregis belt ? -
gwalenn ring, finger ring + rod - gwelch bias, partisanship (from french gauche) -
? gwall bad + evil ? -
- welsh
gwargam stooping - gwargrymu to stoop – gwarrog yoke – gwragen > gwragennus curved, bent, hump-backed – gwrth- suffix meaning : counter-, opposition, return - gwrym seam, band -
? gwreiddyn root ? - ? gwregys belt, girdle, truss ? -
? gwall defect, mistake + want – ? gwallogfaulty, fallacious ? -
 
As everybody can see, the meaning of a word and even more of a "root" (radical) can evolve very far. we could tempted to think that the semantic evolves from concrete/palpable to abstract(ive), but it's not so sure.
some changes: bend > fold > 1 wrapping > hiding 2 > wheel, roll> pivot > to rotate > rotating door > to reverse, ASO...
bend > twist > wrong (abstr-) > false > evil (# right > direct + > correct > good > ...)
the question is that at a certain point, the semantic evolution can put to converge words having roots which had different meanings at first; the game is exciting but unsure.
Is the meaning of value/worth derived from a sale/exchange/reverse/rotating one? Not sure.
So after the game for the fun it's wiser to read the specialists works based upon a long collective work implying also ancient forms.
Just a ( )!
 
*wer- IV
*wer-b-
greek rhabdos < *wrabdos stick, rhapizô to whip -
lat- reverbere to reject, to throw back/off > fr- réverbérer to reflect -
germ- werfen to throw, Wurf throwing, Würfel dice – engl- to warp to distort -


*wer-m-
lat- vermis worm > fr- ver, vermisseau worm, little worm, vermoulu worm-eaten -
goth- waurms, germ- Wurm, engl- worm, dutch worm -




Here under I ‘ii use C for any kind of consonnant and ° for any kind of vowel
It seems to me that in the groups where we find the association *C- with R or L, it’s often possible to find derived words in *C°l-, *C°r- or *Cl°-, *Cr°-
specialists of IE have determined precise vowels sounds according to dialect and period. It’s surely valuable for accentuated roots syllabes to have the *C°l- / *C°r- with determined value for ‘°’ ; but with long derived plurisyllabic words, the stress change place one time or another. It is known in a lot of languages and dialects ; it’s even the rule, for the most of the cases. And then, according to the strength place in the word, some inaccentued vowels are dropped, more often in some families of languages than in other ones, it’s true.
In written standard French we have vrai : true , from provençal verai < veragus < Lat- verus ths last word gave also ver > *veir > *vair > today voire : eventually, even # voir < Lat- vedere : to see – Welsh calon heart > calonnog hearty > said[kloNog] – cymydog > cymdogion neighbour > neighbours – Bulg-den day > dnes today – in French we have hesitations in long derived words, when the stress is lost by a syllable: verb to come back : (je) reviens > revenu /rv’ny/ /rv’ny/[FONT=Arial Narrow, sans-serif] -[/FONT]
 

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