Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “wélyeti”

368 words across 58 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European wélyeti — including will, well, willing, welcome, willingness, unwilling, Wilhelm, welcoming.

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English (110)

Finnish (45)

Dutch (25)

German (16)

Middle English (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (11)

Danish (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (9)

Old English (8)

Icelandic (7)

Afrikaans (7)

Swedish (6)

Middle Dutch (6)

Old Norse (6)

French (5)

Old High German (5)

Gothic (5)

Proto-Germanic (5)

Middle High German (5)

Old Swedish (4)

Proto-West Germanic (4)

Faroese (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Norman (3)

West Frisian (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Yiddish (2)

Greek (2)

Latvian (2)

Low German (2)

Estonian (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old French (2)

Spanish (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Welsh (1)

Jamtish (1)

Korean (1)

Latin (1)

Esperanto (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Polish (1)

Frankish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Irish (1)

Ido (1)

Russian (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Romanian (1)

Limburgish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Hunsrik (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

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