English word origin

Etymology of Veles

Likely of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is difficult to pinpoint. Suggestions have included *h₂welh₁- (“wool”) and *welg- (“damp, humid”). Also compare Lithuanian vẽlės (“ghostly figures of the deceased”)

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Source etymology 1

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name

The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.

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Cognate mentionvẽlėslt · ghostly figures of the deceased

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Source etymology 2

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name

A city in central North Macedonia. · HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth.

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From Macedonian Велес (Veles)

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Derivation mentionВелесmk

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