Proto-IE: *wek'- <PIH *w-> (Gr hw-)
Meaning: to want
Hittite: wek-, wik- (I) 'wünschen, verlangen' (Friedrich 251)
Old Indian: váṣṭi (1p. pl. uśmási) `to will, command'; vaśitva- n. `freedom of will'
Avestan: vasǝmi, usǝ̄mahī `wollen, wünschen', vasah- (nom. vasɔ̄) `wollend'; vasnā (<instr.) `nach dem Willen'
Other Iranian: OPers vašnā `nach dem Willen'
Old Greek: hekṓn, kret., lokr. wekōn m., hekọ̄̂sa f. `freiwillig, absichtlich', aékōn, att. ā́kōn `unfreiwillig, wider Willen, unabsichtlich', { hom. Hekáergos m. (Hom.) explained by Gramm. (EM) as = ho hékathen eírgōn or ergazómenos, Ep. epith. of Apollo, either Subst., {boeot. wheka-dāmos - nowhere found!}; hékǟti praep. `nach dem Willen, durch die Gnade; wegen'
Russ. meaning: хотеть
