Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wiljô

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

Etymology

Derived from *wiljaną (“to want”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwil.jɔːː/

Noun

*wiljô m

will, wish, desire

Inflection

Declension of *wiljô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wiljô	*wiljaniz
vocative	*wiljô	*wiljaniz
accusative	*wiljanų	*wiljanunz
genitive	*wiljiniz	*wiljanǫ̂
dative	*wiljini	*wiljammaz
instrumental	*wiljinē	*wiljammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *willjō
- Old English: willa
  - Middle English: wille
    - English: will
    - Scots: wil, will
- Old Frisian: willa, wella
  - North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum, Sylt: wel
    Mooring: wale
  - Saterland Frisian: wolle
  - West Frisian: wolle
- Old Saxon: willio
  - Middle Low German: wille
    - German Low German: Wille, Will
    - Plautdietsch: Wellen
- Old Dutch: willo
  - Middle Dutch: wille
    - Dutch: wil
      - Afrikaans: wil
      - Negerhollands: wil, wille
    - Limburgish: wil
- Old High German: willo, willio
  - Middle Low German: wille
    - Cimbrian: bill
    - German: Wille
    - Luxembourgish: Wëllen
Old Norse: vili (stem vilj-)
- Icelandic: vilji; (archaic) vili
- Faroese: vilji
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vilje; (dialectal) vili, vilji, vile, vele, vilja
- Jamtish: vili m
- Elfdalian: wile m
- Old Swedish: vili m, vilie m, vilia f
  - Swedish: vilja f, vilje
    - → Elfdalian: wila f
- Old Danish: williæ
  - Danish: vilje
    - Norwegian Bokmål: vilje
- Gutnish: vilä m
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 (wilja)
Vandalic: *wilja- (in personal names)
→ Proto-Samic: *viljō (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN