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wahl- - opinion, idée fausse qu'on se fait sur quelque chose (opinion, misconception we have about something)
(BK 2 1616)
May be related as a root variant.
Reconstruction
PS
*hll
- to be imbecile, weak-minded, mad; be mocked at
(SED I No. 19ᵥ)
Originally rather a biconsonantal stem. Note various ways of triconsonantization in Eth. and a full reduplication in Arb. and Soq.