Words that come from Proto-Germanic “wiljô”

127 words across 42 languages descend from Proto-Germanic wiljô — including welcome, Wilhelm, welcoming, unwelcome, guillotine, Wilhelmine, unwelcoming, guillemot.

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English (26)

Dutch (13)

Norwegian Nynorsk (7)

German (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (6)

French (5)

Middle English (5)

Swedish (4)

Icelandic (3)

Danish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Norman (3)

Old English (3)

Old High German (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Greek (2)

Latvian (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Spanish (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Westrobothnian (1)

Faroese (1)

Korean (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Latin (1)

Esperanto (1)

Polish (1)

Frankish (1)

Gothic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Russian (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Finnish (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Romanian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Middle High German (1)

Medieval Latin (1)