willen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈʋɪl.ə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- to want, to desire
- (in the past tense) to wish
Etymology
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) inherited from Middle Dutch wolde.
Origin
Middle Dutch
wolde
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- benevolence English
- bewill English
- goodwill English
- ill will English
- ill-willed English
- malevolence English
- nill English
- outwill English
- self-will English
- unwill English
- voluptuous 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
- willy English
- wilsome English
- won't English
- benevolens Latin
- benevolēns Latin
- malevolens Latin
- malevolentem, malevolēns Latin
- voluntārius Latin
- voluntāriē Latin
- voluntās Latin
- voluntātem Latin
- volō Latin
- 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
- willen Middle English
- 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
- wil Afrikaans
- wellen Middle High German
- wollen Middle High German
- wëllen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *walljan gmw-pro
- *willjan gmw-pro
- willen Old Dutch
- *wāletiyā Proto-Celtic
- willen Middle Low German
- béllan Cimbrian
- bölln Cimbrian
- *Hwáriṣṭʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- welle Alemannic German
- *welō Proto-Italic
- *gail Frankish
- wüllen Low German
- *wáljāˀ Proto-Balto-Slavic
- véuggia Ligurian
- *warH-, *wār- Proto-Iranian