Old Norse velja

← Proto-Germanic *waljaną (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (mention)

→ English wale (cognate)

→ Danish vælge (derived)

→ Faroese val (mention)

→ Faroese velja (inherited)

→ Westrobothnian val (mention)

→ Westrobothnian väli (inherited)

→ Old Swedish vælia (inherited)

→ Icelandic val (mention)

→ Icelandic velja (inherited)

→ Norwegian Bokmål velge (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk velja (inherited)

→ Scots wale (cognate)

→ Swedish välja (inherited)