wil
Afrikaans
/vəl/
verb
Definitions
- to want
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish willen inherited from Middle Dutch willen inherited from Old Dutch willen inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (want, desire, wish) derived from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (choose, wish, want, desire).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*welh₁-
Gloss
choose, wish, want, desire
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- benevolence English
- malevolence English
- voluptuous English
- benevolens Latin
- benevolēns Latin
- malevolens Latin
- malevolentem, malevolēns Latin
- voluntārius Latin
- voluntāriē Latin
- voluntās Latin
- voluntātem Latin
- volō Latin
- willen Dutch, Flemish
- voluptuaire French
- ἔλδομαι Ancient Greek
- *-tis Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁p- Proto-Indo-European
- *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wal- Proto-Germanic
- *waljaną Proto-Germanic
- *walą Proto-Germanic
- *wela Proto-Germanic
- *wiljaną Proto-Germanic
- *wiljô Proto-Germanic
- वर्णमाला Sanskrit
- vilja Old Norse
- *velěti Proto-Slavic
- *velě̀ti Proto-Slavic
- *voľa Proto-Slavic
- वर्णांध Hindi
- willen Middle Dutch
- wolde Middle Dutch
- *willen Old High German
- wellen Old High German
- wollen Old High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *walljan gmw-pro
- *willjan gmw-pro
- willen Old Dutch
- *wāletiyā Proto-Celtic
- *Hwáriṣṭʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *welō Proto-Italic
- *gail Frankish
- *wáljāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- véuggia Ligurian
- *warH-, *wār- Proto-Iranian