Old High German wellen

← Proto-West Germanic *willjan (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *walljan (inherited)

→ Cimbrian béllan (inherited)

→ Cimbrian bölln (mention)

→ German wollen (mention)

→ German wählen (inherited)

→ Central Franconian welle (mention)

→ Alemannic German welle (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish wëllen (mention)

→ Luxembourgish wielen (inherited)

→ Old Norse vilja (cognate)

→ Old Frisian willa (cognate)

→ Yiddish וועלן (inherited)

→ Yiddish וואָלט (mention)

→ Yiddish וועל (inherited)