willy
English
/ˈwɪli/
adj
Definitions
- (obsolete) Willing; favourable; ready; eager.
- (UK) self-Self-willed; willful.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English willy suffix from English will (desire, wild, wandering, lost in error, stray).
Origin
English
will
Gloss
desire, wild, wandering, lost in error, stray
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
- bewill English
- goodwill English
- ill will English
- ill-willed English
- nill English
- outwill English
- self-will English
- unwill English
- welcome English
- wilful English
- will English
- will've English
- will-less English
- willable English
- willed English
- willer English
- willest English
- willeth English
- willless English
- willmaking English
- willn't English
- willnae English
- willpower English
- willying English
- wilsome English
- won't English
- Hilfswilliger German
- Willigkeit German
- eigenwillig German
- fluchtwillig German
- freiwillig German
- gutwillig German
- widerwillig German
- willig German
- tjänstvillig Swedish
- villig Swedish
- willen Middle English
- willy Middle English