willan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to want
- to intend
- to be willing
- used to express habitual behavior
- used to express futurity
- to want or intend to go (to or from somewhere)
Etymology
Inherited from *willjan (want).
Origin
*willjan
Gloss
want
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- will English
- circumvolo Latin
- pervolo Latin
- praetervolo Latin
- provolo Latin
- subvolo Latin
- volo Latin
- ἔλδομαι Ancient Greek
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *wiljaną Proto-Germanic
- vilja Norwegian Nynorsk
- willian Old English
- वृणोति Sanskrit
- wale, wal Middle English
- willen Middle English
- wol Middle English
- quovis Old Norse
- vilja Old Norse
- ville Danish
- voleir Old French
- vilja Icelandic
- wellen Old High German
- vilja Faroese
- *walljan gmw-pro
- *willjan gmw-pro
- willen Old Dutch
- varati Pali
- willian Old Saxon
- vilia Old Swedish
- *welō Proto-Italic
- wale Scots
- *wr̥náwti Proto-Indo-Aryan
- wolle Western Frisian
- willa Old Frisian
- wolle Saterland Frisian
- Wellen Plautdietsch
- vili Jamtish