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North Frisian

wil

adj

Meaning

  1. wild

Etymology / origin

From Old Frisian wilde, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“hair; wool”).

  1. *h₂welh₁-(ine-pro)→
  2. *wilþijaz(gem-pro)→
  3. *wilþī(gmw-pro)→
  4. wilde(ofs)→
  5. wil (North Frisian)
  6. Relations: inh, inh, inh, inh

Related words

wilde(ofs)*wilþī(gmw-pro)*wilþijaz(gem-pro)*h₂welh₁-(ine-pro)wild(English)

Descendant words

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