wiln

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*welh₁-“to wish, choose”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wiljô“wish, desire”
3. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*welnōną“to desire”
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*welnōn
5. Old English · inherited fromwilnian“to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards”
6. Middle English · inherited fromwilnen
7. English todaywiln

From Middle English wilnen, wilnien, from Old English wilnian (“to wish, long for, desire, will, beg for, supplicate, entreat, petition for, tend towards”), from Proto-West Germanic *welnōn, from Proto-Germanic *welnōną (“to desire”), from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish, choose”). Cognate with Icelandic vilna (“to hope, promote”), Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish, request, joy, delight, pleasure”). More at will.

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