Where does “vȍlja” come from?

vȍlja (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic *voľà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic wáljāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European welh₁- — to choose; to want.

vȍlja (Serbo-Croatian): will

Definitions

  1. will

Ancestry of “vȍlja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vȍlja”

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