Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiljaną

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This Proto-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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wélyoyt, optative of *wélyeti, from *welh₁- (to choose, to want). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*wiljaną

  1. to want

Inflection[edit]

Only subjunctive forms exist in the present tense. The past tense is declined as a suffixless weak verb.

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Descendants[edit]