willa
Old English
noun
Definitions
- desire, inclination, will
- wish, desire
- pleasure, delight
- will, intent
Etymology
Inherited from *willjō (will, desire) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (will, desire, wish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wiljô
Gloss
will, desire, wish
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
- Wilmer English
- wiln English
- Viliulfi Latin
- villa Latin
- Mutwille German
- Veränderungswille German
- Widerwille German
- Wille German
- Willenserklärung German
- Willenskraft German
- willensstark German
- goedwil Dutch, Flemish
- kwaadwil Dutch, Flemish
- moedwil Dutch, Flemish
- onwil Dutch, Flemish
- volkswil Dutch, Flemish
- vrijwillig Dutch, Flemish
- weerwil Dutch, Flemish
- wil Dutch, Flemish
- willekeur Dutch, Flemish
- wilskracht Dutch, Flemish
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- vilje Norwegian Bokmål
- *Wiljafriþuz Proto-Germanic
- *Wiljamērijaz Proto-Germanic
- *mērijaz Proto-Germanic
- *welnōną Proto-Germanic
- *wiljakumô Proto-Germanic
- *wiljô Proto-Germanic
- bevilja Swedish
- folkvilja Swedish
- motvilja Swedish
- vilja Swedish
- viljestyrka Swedish
- vilje Norwegian Nynorsk
- cuma Old English
- wilcuma Old English
- wilgesiþ Old English
- willian Old English
- ġesīþ Old English
- welcome Middle English
- wilnen Middle English
- vili Old Norse
- viljugr Old Norse
- vilje Danish
- vilji Icelandic
- wille Middle Dutch
- willo Old High German
- wille Middle High German
- Wëllen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *willjan gmw-pro
- *willjō gmw-pro
- willo Old Dutch
- willio Old Saxon
- vili Old Swedish
- vili Westrobothnian