Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/willjō

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiljô.

Noun

*willjō m

1. will, wish, desire

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*willjō
Genitive	*willjini, *willjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*willjō	*willjan
Accusative	*willjan	*willjan
Genitive	*willjini, *willjan	*willjanō
Dative	*willjini, *willjan	*willjum
Instrumental	*willjini, *willjan	*willjum

Descendants

• 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
• 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