וועלן
Yiddish
/vɛln̩/
verb
Definitions
- to want
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wellen inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (want, desire, wish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wiljaną
Gloss
want, 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
- wählen German
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *waljaną Proto-Germanic
- *wiljaną Proto-Germanic
- vilja Old Norse
- *willen Old High German
- wellen Old High German
- wollen Old High German
- wellen Middle High German
- wielen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *walljan gmw-pro
- *willjan gmw-pro
- willen Old Dutch
- welle Alemannic German