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From volō, volāre ( “ to fly ” ) . The masculine nominative singular form is derived by syncope from pre-Latin * wolukris , which probably developed by dissimilation from earlier * woluklis or * weluklis , with a suffix ultimately derived from pre-Proto-Italic * -tlis , * -tl- , a variant of the zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European * -tḗr ( suffix forming agent nouns ) , related to Latin -tor . Compare alacer and alacris . However, De Vaan regards the origin of the * -kris ending as uncertain.
Although the stem of the verb volō ( “ to fly ” ) is volā- , this adjective is built on a stem volu- with a short /u/ , which De Vaan considers unexplained. Sen argues that the stem * welu- was taken from volucra ( “ larva of a moth that infests vines ” ) , a derivative of volvō ( “ to (cause to) roll ” ) , based on semantic and formal similarity. There is no consensus on the ultimate etymology of volō ( “ to fly ” ) , but one hypothesis is that it comes from Proto-Indo-European * gʷelH- ( “ to throw ” ) ; assuming this initial * gʷ- is correct, Weiss 2009 reconstructs an earlier stage as * gʷolu-tlis , comparing it to Sanskrit गरुड ( garuḍá ) (which Weiss derives from earlier *garutráḥ ), and Schrijver compares it to Sanskrit गरुत्मान् ( garutmān ) .
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