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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/voliti

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This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *walīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wolh₁-éye-ti, causative of *welh₁- (to choose, want). By surface analysis, *voľa (will) +‎ *-iti. Cognate to Proto-Germanic *waljaną (to will), Sanskrit वरयति (varáyati, to choose), also compare Vulgar Latin voleō.

Verb

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*volìti[1]

  1. (transitive) to wish, to will
    Synonyms: *želěti, *xъtěti
  2. (transitive) to choose, to express preference
    Synonyms: *jьzbьrati, *vybьrati

Inflection

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noun
verb

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “волить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “воля¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 175

References

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  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “voliti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *voli̋ti