vello

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to pluck out (feathers, etc.)
2. (conjugation-3) to depilate
3. (conjugation-3) to pull or tear down; to demolish

Concepts

draw

pull

pluck out

Synonyms

traho

subduco

abstraho

Translations

جَرَّ

سَحَبَ

ziehen

trekken

çekmek

tirar

ελκύω

dégainer

tirer

estrarre

tirare

ڕاکێشه

desenfundar

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwɛl.loː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“to hit, strike”) (whence also vulnus, Czech válka, Old Norse valkyrja). The past participle was analogously changed from Proto-Italic *woltos to vulsus; a more logical outcome would be *vultus. See pellō for a similar analogy.
Compare typologically a semantic shift in the opposite direction Russian дра́ться (drátʹsja) <драть (dratʹ) (akin to выдира́ть (vydirátʹ)).