Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wilig

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik-, *weliḱ- (“willow”).

Noun

*wilig m

(North Sea Germanic) willow

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wilig
Genitive	*wiligas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wilig	wiligō, wiligōs
Accusative	*wilig	*wiligā
Genitive	*wiligas	*wiligō
Dative	*wiligē	*wiligum
Instrumental	*wiligu	*wiligum

Derived terms

*wiligjā

Descendants

Old English: weliġ
- Middle English: welew, wylghe, wylugh, wilwe
  - Scots: wille, willie, willy
  - English: willow
Old Frisian: wilig
- West Frisian: wylch