Where does “волꙗ” come from?

волꙗ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.

волꙗ (Old Church Slavonic): will

Definitions

  1. will

Ancestry of “волꙗ”, step by step

волꙗ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic *voľà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*voľàwill
2Proto-Balto-Slavicwáljāˀwill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want

via Old Church Slavonic волъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicволъox
2Proto-Slavicvolъox
3Proto-Balto-Slavicwalas—

Words derived from “волꙗ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ →Every word from Proto-Slavic *voľà →