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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *wiljakwemô</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_wiljakwemô_2</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>wiljakwemô</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈwil.jɑ.ˌkʷe.mɔːː</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚲᚹᛖᛗᛟ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>interjection</pos>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>welcome!</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From *wiljaną (‘to want’) + *kwemaną (‘to come’). Literally "desired comer" (or "desired come!").</seg>
          </etym>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Vulgar Latin</lang>
                    <orth>*bene venītus, *bene venūtus</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>willecome, wellecome, welcome</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>welkom, wilkóm</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>willecome, wellecome, welcome</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>welkom</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>welkom</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>willecome, wellecome, welcome</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old French</lang>
                        <orth>willecome, willecomme, wilecome</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Middle French</lang>
                          <orth>willecomme</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>willecome, wellecome, welcome</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old French</lang>
                        <orth>willecome, willecomme, wilecome</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Old French</lang>
                          <orth>willecomer, wilecomer</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Middle French</lang>
                            <orth>welcumer, welcomer, welcomier</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>wilcuma, wilcume</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>walcome</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>wilcuma, wilcume</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>welcome</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Pitcairn-Norfolk</lang>
                          <orth>welkam</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Tok Pisin</lang>
                          <orth>welkam</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>wilcuma, wilcume</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Old English</lang>
                        <orth>ġewilcumian</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>wilcuma, wilcume</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle English</lang>
                        <orth>wilcumen, wolcumen, welcomen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>English</lang>
                          <orth>welcome</orth>
                        </form>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Scots</lang>
                          <orth>welcum, welcom, wellcom, willcom</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>*wilkuma</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>wilkemen, wülkemen, wäilkúmen</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>wolkom</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>willikwemo, williquemo, willikomo, willechomen</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>willekomen</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Alemannic German</lang>
                        <orth>wéllkòmm, wol chomne, wolgcheemen, woul chemne</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Cimbrian</lang>
                        <orth>bóolkhèmm</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>willkommen</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                        <orth>wëllkëmm</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>willekome, wilkome, willekom</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                        <orth>willekomen, willekōmen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                          <orth>willekōmen, wolkōmen</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>German Low German</lang>
                            <orth>willkomen</orth>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>willekome, wilkome, willekom</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                        <orth>willekomen, willekōmen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                          <orth>willekōmen, wolkōmen</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                            <orth>velkominn</orth>
                            <form type="descendant">
                              <lang>Faroese</lang>
                              <orth>vælkomin</orth>
                            </form>
                            <form type="descendant">
                              <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                              <orth>velkominn</orth>
                            </form>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>willekome, wilkome, willekom</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                        <orth>willekomen, willekōmen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                          <orth>willekōmen, wolkōmen</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                            <orth>velkominn</orth>
                            <form type="descendant">
                              <lang>Norwegian</lang>
                              <orth>?</orth>
                              <form type="descendant">
                                <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                                <orth>velkommen</orth>
                              </form>
                              <form type="descendant">
                                <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                                <orth>velkomen, velkommen</orth>
                              </form>
                            </form>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>willekome, wilkome, willekom</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                        <orth>willekomen, willekōmen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                          <orth>willekōmen, wolkōmen</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                            <orth>velkominn</orth>
                            <form type="descendant">
                              <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                              <orth>wælkomæn</orth>
                              <form type="descendant">
                                <lang>Danish</lang>
                                <orth>velkommen</orth>
                              </form>
                            </form>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*willjakwemō</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*willikumo</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>willekome, wilkome, willekom</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                        <orth>willekomen, willekōmen</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                          <orth>willekōmen, wolkōmen</orth>
                          <form type="descendant">
                            <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                            <orth>velkominn</orth>
                            <form type="descendant">
                              <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                              <orth>vælkomin</orth>
                              <form type="descendant">
                                <lang>Swedish</lang>
                                <orth>välkommen</orth>
                              </form>
                            </form>
                          </form>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
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