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Veles en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

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”), archaic form of modern velnias (“demon, devil”). More at Veles.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Slavic mythology) The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.

Synonyms

Volos

Veles en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Macedonian Велес (Veles)

Meanings

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

Translations (23)

ru Веле́с (a pagan Slavic god) · el Βελεσά (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · mk Велес (a pagan Slavic god) · tr Köprülü (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · mk Волос (a pagan Slavic god) · bg Велес (a pagan Slavic god) · grc Βελισσός (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · mk Велес (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · bg Ве́лес (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · hi वेलेस (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · pl Wołos (a pagan Slavic god) · es Veles (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · cu Волосъ (a pagan Slavic god) · fr Vélès (a pagan Slavic god) · la Bylazora (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · sh Veles /Велес (a pagan Slavic god) · pl Weles (a pagan Slavic god) · sh Vȅles /Ве̏лес (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · cu Вєлєсъ (a pagan Slavic god) · ru Ве́лес (a pagan Slavic god) · de Veles (a pagan Slavic god) · sq Qyprilli (a city in the Republic of Macedonia) · be Вялес (a pagan Slavic god)