Wunsch
German (Berlin)
/vʊnʃ/
noun
Definitions
- wish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wunsch inherited from Old High German wunsc inherited from Proto-Germanic *wunskō derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wenh₁-
Gloss
love, wish, desire, strive, win, strive for, seek, wish for, succeed, pursue
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewish English
- deathwish English
- forewish English
- outwish English
- unwish English
- wish English
- wishable English
- wishbone English
- wishbook English
- wisher English
- wishest English
- wishful English
- wishless English
- wishlist English
- wont English
- capillus Veneris Latin
- venereus Latin
- veneror Latin
- venia Latin
- vinnulus Latin
- vēnārī Latin
- vēnātiōnem Latin
- Bild German
- Denken German
- Form German
- Glück German
- Glückwunsch German
- Kind German
- Kinderwunsch German
- Liste German
- Traum German
- Wunschbild German
- Wunschdenken German
- Wunschform German
- Wunschliste German
- Wunschtraum German
- Wunschzettel German
- Zettel German
- wunschlos German
- doodswens Dutch, Flemish
- gelukwens Dutch, Flemish
- heilwens Dutch, Flemish
- kinderwens Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkinderwens Dutch, Flemish
- wens Dutch, Flemish
- wensdenken Dutch, Flemish
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁-es-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁is Proto-Indo-European
- *wenh₁ostos Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wun- Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁-os-teh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *wénh₁osteh₂ts Proto-Indo-European
- *Balþawiniz Proto-Germanic
- *wanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *winiz Proto-Germanic
- *winjō Proto-Germanic
- *winnaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunaną, *wunēną, *wunajaną Proto-Germanic
- *wundrą Proto-Germanic
- *wundrōną Proto-Germanic
- *wunjō Proto-Germanic
- *wunskaz Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- *wunô Proto-Germanic
- *wunāną Proto-Germanic
- *wēniz Proto-Germanic
- वन् Sanskrit
- wisshen Middle English
- ósk Old Norse
- œskja Old Norse
- dødsønske Danish
- ønske Danish
- ønskedrøm Danish
- ønskelig Danish
- ønskeliste Danish
- ønskeseddel Danish
- ønsketænkning Danish
- wensch Middle Dutch
- wunsc Old High German
- ynski Faroese
- wunsch Middle High German
- *wunnjusam gmw-pro
- *weniyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēnos Proto-Celtic
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- lokwinsk Western Frisian
- winsk Western Frisian
- *un- Proto-Albanian
- usk Old Danish