wish
English
/wɪʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
- An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.
- The thing desired or longed for.
- (Sussex) A water meadow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wisshen inherited from Old English wȳsċan (wish) inherited from *wunskijan (wish) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (wish) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wun-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wun-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Venus English
- bewish English
- bone English
- book English
- death English
- deathwish English
- forewish English
- ill-wisher English
- illwisher English
- list English
- outwish English
- unwish English
- unwishable English
- unwishful English
- wishable English
- wishbone English
- wishboning English
- wishbook English
- wisher English
- wishest English
- wishful English
- wishfully English
- wishfulness English
- wishless English
- wishlessness English
- wishlist English
- Venerivagus Latin
- Venus Latin
- adveneror Latin
- conchula Latin
- venenum Latin
- venerabundus Latin
- veneratio Latin
- veneror Latin
- venia Latin
- venialis Latin
- veniālis Latin
- venor Latin
- venēnōsus Latin
- vinnulus Latin
- Glückwunsch German
- Kinderwunsch German
- Venus German
- Wunsch German
- Wunschbild German
- Wunschdenken German
- Wunschform German
- Wunschliste German
- Wunschtraum German
- Wunschzettel German
- verwünschen German
- wunschlos German
- wünschen German
- Venere Italian
- venerare Italian
- doodswens Dutch, Flemish
- gelukwens Dutch, Flemish
- heilwens Dutch, Flemish
- kinderwens Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkinderwens Dutch, Flemish
- toewensen Dutch, Flemish
- venijn Dutch, Flemish
- wens Dutch, Flemish
- wensdenken Dutch, Flemish
- wenselijk Dutch, Flemish
- wensen Dutch, Flemish
- Vénus French
- venin French
- vénérer French
- vénérien French
- venerar Spanish, Castilian
- venia Spanish, Castilian
- *wenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wun- Proto-Indo-European
- venerar Portuguese
- vénia Portuguese
- *wunskaz Proto-Germanic
- *wunskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *wunskō Proto-Germanic
- gewyscan Old English
- wyscan Old English
- wȳsċan Old English
- Venus Middle English
- venus Middle English
- wischen Middle English
- wisshen Middle English
- ýskja Old Norse
- œskja Old Norse
- dødsønske Danish
- ønske Danish
- ønskedrøm Danish
- ønskelig Danish
- ønskeliste Danish
- ønskeseddel Danish
- ønsketænkning Danish
- venerie Old French
- venerar Catalan, Valencian
- vènia Catalan, Valencian
- Venus Icelandic
- æskja Icelandic
- wensch Middle Dutch
- wenschen Middle Dutch
- wunscen Old High German
- wunsken Old High German
- ynski Faroese
- wunsch Middle High German
- wünschen Middle High German
- wënschen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- uri Albanian
- vrer Albanian
- vrerë Albanian
- *wunskijan gmw-pro
- ונוס Hebrew (modern)
- *wunsken Old Dutch
- *uskodak Proto-Finnic
- wunschen Middle Low German
- 베누스 Korean
- *weneznom Proto-Italic
- *wenos Proto-Italic
- winskje Western Frisian
- *wenskia Old Frisian
- vilenu Sicilian
- *un- Proto-Albanian
- winsche Pennsylvania German
- usk Old Danish