Where does “Willow” come from?

Willow comes from Old English weliġ, from Proto-West Germanic wilig, from Proto-Germanic wiligaz, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root wel-.

Willow (English): of modern usage

Definitions

  1. of modern usage

Ancestry of “Willow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishwilwewillow
2Old Englishweliġwell-to-do, prosperous, rich; willow
3Proto-West Germanicwiligwillow
4Proto-Germanicwiligaz—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweliḱ-willow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

Words derived from “Willow”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wēl- →