vilja
Swedish
/²vɪlːja/
noun
Definitions
- will; a person’s intent, volition, decision.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish vili inherited from Old Norse vili inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (will, desire, wish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wiljô
Gloss
will, desire, wish
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Wilmer English
- Viliulfi Latin
- villa Latin
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- vilje Norwegian Bokmål
- *Wiljafriþuz Proto-Germanic
- *Wiljamērijaz Proto-Germanic
- *welnōną Proto-Germanic
- *wiljô Proto-Germanic
- bevilja Swedish
- folk Swedish
- folkvilja Swedish
- mot Swedish
- motvilja Swedish
- styrka Swedish
- viljestyrka Swedish
- vilje Norwegian Nynorsk
- wilcuma Old English
- wilgesiþ Old English
- willa Old English
- willian Old English
- vili Old Norse
- viljugr Old Norse
- modvilje Danish
- uvilje Danish
- vilje Danish
- viljestyrke Danish
- villig Danish
- vilji Icelandic
- willo Old High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 Gothic
- *willjō gmw-pro
- willo Old Dutch
- willio Old Saxon
- vili Old Swedish
- vili Westrobothnian