Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/willjōn

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-Germanic

Etymology

From *wiljô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwil.jɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*willjōn

1. to will; desire

Conjugation

Conjugation of *wiljōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wiljō	*wiljǭ	—	*wiljōi	?
2nd singular	*wiljōsi	*wiljōs	*wiljō	*wiljōsai	*wiljōsau
3rd singular	*wiljōþi	*wiljō	*wiljōþau	*wiljōþai	*wiljōþau
1st dual	*wiljōs	*wiljōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*wiljōþiz	*wiljōþiz	*wiljōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*wiljōmaz	*wiljōm	—	*wiljōnþai	*wiljōnþau
2nd plural	*wiljōþ	*wiljōþ	*wiljōþ	*wiljōnþai	*wiljōnþau
3rd plural	*wiljōnþi	*wiljōn	*wiljōnþau	*wiljōnþai	*wiljōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*wiljōdǭ	*wiljōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*wiljōdēz	*wiljōdēdīz
3rd singular	*wiljōdē	*wiljōdēdī
1st dual	*wiljōdēdū	*wiljōdēdīw
2nd dual	*wiljōdēdudiz	*wiljōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*wiljōdēdum	*wiljōdēdīm
2nd plural	*wiljōdēdud	*wiljōdēdīd
3rd plural	*wiljōdēdun	*wiljōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*wiljōndz	*wiljōdaz

Descendants

• Old English: willian
  • Middle English: willen
    • English: will
    • Scots: wil, will
• Old Saxon: *williōn
  • ⇒ Old Saxon: giwilliōn
  • Middle Low German: willen (merged with descendant of *wiljaną)
    • German Low German: willen
• Old Dutch: willon
  • Middle Dutch: willen (merged with descendant of *wiljaną)
    • Dutch: willen
• Old High German: willeōn, willōn
  • Middle High German: willen
    • German: willen