OriginLikely 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.
- form-of, pluralplural of vele
- The pagan Slavic god of the fertile earth, livestock, waters, and the underworld, often portrayed as a chimera.
- A city in central North Macedonia.
- HD 75898 b, an exoplanet approximately 2.71 times the mass of Jupiter in the Stribor system, ~255 ly from Earth.