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Proto-West Germanic *willjan (inherited)
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English would (mention)
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English well (inherited)
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English will (inherited)
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Old English nillan (mention)
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Old English nyllan (mention)
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Middle English willen (inherited)
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Middle English wol (inherited)
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Old Norse vilja (cognate)
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Old Frisian willa (cognate)
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Old Saxon nis (mention)
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Old Saxon nitan (mention)