Reconstruction:Latin/voleo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Conversion of the highly irregular Classical Latin volō into a second conjugation verb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈβɔlʲo/

Verb

*voleō (present infinitive *volēre, perfect active voluī, supine *volūtum); second conjugation

(Proto-Romance) want

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: voi, vreari
- Romanian: vrea, vrere
Dalmatian:
- vular, vlure, vlar, vlare, blar, bular, blare, blaire
Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: vulè
- Italian: volere
  - → Esperanto: voli, volo
  - → Ido: volar
- Neapolitan: vulè
- Sicilian: vòliri, vuliri (regional)
North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Ligurian: voéi
  - Lombard: vorè
  - Piedmontese: vorej
- Friulian: volê
- Istriot: vuoi
- Ladin: volei, voler
- Romansch: vulair, vuler, vuleir
- Venetian: voler, vołer
Gallo-Romance:
- Old Francoprovençal: voler
  - Franco-Provençal: voleir, volêr
- Old French: voloir (see there for further descendants)
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: voler
- Gascon: voler
- Occitan: voler
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: volre (Ribagorçan)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian:
  - Campidanese: boliri, bolli
  - Logudorese: bolere
  - Nuorese: bolere, volere

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “vĕlle”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 14: U–Z, page 219

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