Veles

See also: veles, velés, vêlés, and vêles

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Veles m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caprimulgidae – brown nightjar, of much of tropical Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Caprimulgiformes – order; Caprimulgidae (nightjars) – family; Caprimulginae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Veles binotatus - sole species

References

• Veles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Veles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

Etymology 1

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.

Proper noun

Veles

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

   Synonym: Volos

Etymology 2

From Macedonian Велес (Veles)

Proper noun

Veles

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

a city in the Republic of Macedonia

• Albanian: Qyprilli m
• Bulgarian: Ве́лес m (Véles)
• Latin: Bylazora f
• Macedonian: Велес (mk) m (Veles)
• Spanish: Veles (es) m

a pagan Slavic god

• Belarusian: Вялес m (Vjaljes)
• Bulgarian: Велес m (Veles)
• French: Vélès (fr) m
• German: Veles m
• Macedonian: Велес (mk) m (Veles), Волос m (Volos)
• Old Church Slavonic: Вєлєсъ m (Velesŭ), Волосъ m (Volosŭ)
• Polish: Weles m, Wołos m
• Russian: Ве́лес (ru) m (Véles), Веле́с (ru) m (Velés)
• Serbo-Croatian: Велес m (Veles)

Anagrams

• elves, veels