*wVkVl-: 'trust; entrust, appoint as overseer'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*wVkVl-
Meaning	'trust; entrust, appoint as overseer'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Geez	wkl 'confide'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root wkl
Arabic	wakala (LGz. 612)	LGz. 612	gloss withheld
Soqotri	ʾokil (LGz. 612)	LGz. 612	gloss withheld
Mehri	wa-t-kul (LGz. 612)	LGz. 612	gloss withheld
Aramaic	təḵal (LGz. 612)	LGz. 612
Syrian Aramaic	təḵel (LGz. 612; Payne Smith 611)	LGz. 612; Payne Smith 611
Akkadian	takālu (AHw 1304); tukkulu (CAD T 63; LGz. 612)	AHw 1304; CAD T 63; LGz. 612	gloss withheld
Tigre	wäkkäla (LGz. 612)	LGz. 612	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab wkl (SD 160 apud SEDonline 168; Sabaweb lemma 5398)	SD 160; SEDonline 168; Sabaweb lemma 5398	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	ù-wa-gi-a-SÙ-ma /ʾuwakkilam=Sumay(n)/ (D) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 348); wa-gi-lu-na, wa-ki-lu-na /wakilū=nay(n)/, names la-wa-gi-lu, ma-wa-gi-lu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 348)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 348	gloss withheld
Canaanite	t-k-l: name ⁽ᵈ⁾da-ga-an-ta-ka-la (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 294)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 294	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Kaufman 1974, 106 n. 377 takes tkl 'to trust' as the t-form of *wkl. Krahmalkov 491 reads Neo-Punic tklm 'support them' beside Akkadian takālu.

Updated 4 November 2026