Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilig

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik-, *weliḱ- (“willow”).

Noun

*wilig m

1. (Anglo-Frisian Germanic) willow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wilig
Genitive	*wiligas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wilig	*wiligō, *wiligōs
Accusative	*wilig	*wiligā
Genitive	*wiligas	*wiligō
Dative	*wiligē	*wiligum
Instrumental	*wiligu	*wiligum

Derived terms

• *wiligijā

Descendants

• Old English: welig, weleg, weli, wylig
  • Middle English: wylow, welew, weleygh, welo, welogh, welou, wely, whilwh, wilew, wilghe, wilou, wilowh, wilwe, wylew, wylgh, wylugh, wylw
    • English: willow
    • Scots: willy, willie
• Old Frisian: *wilich
  • West Frisian: wylch