Arabic

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.

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.