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English word will comes from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-, Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (Woolen, made of wool.), Proto-Indo-European *welw-

*welh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wullīnaz (Proto-Germanic)

Woolen, made of wool.

*welw- (Proto-Indo-European)

*wélyoyt (Proto-Indo-European)

wyllen (Old English)

*walwijaną (Proto-Germanic)

To roll.

*wiljaną (Proto-Germanic)

To want.

willan (Old English)

To wish; want.

wullen (Middle English)

will (English)

(auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to. [from 14th c.]. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive). [from 10th c.]. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action). [from 9th c.]. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. [...]

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