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From Middle English willy, willi, equivalent to will + -y. Cognate with Dutch willig (“obedient, hearsome”), German willig (“willing”), Swedish villig (“willing, agreeable”).

Etymology tree English Will Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Willy From Will + -y.

From Middle English wilȝe, from Old English wiliġ (“willow”). More at willow.

From Middle English wilie, from Old English wiliġe, wileġe (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *wiligō (“wicker basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *weliko- (“willow-tree”). More at weel, willow.

Originally northern British usage, from the 1960s. Probably the simple use of a proper name as a pet name; compare dick, fanny and peter. Unlikely to be a contraction of Latin membrum virile, male member (that is, the penis), a Latin term used in English in the 19th century.

Perhaps a shortening of willy-nilly, an old way of saying “whether one wants to or not”, here referring to the person being used as an agent without their knowledge, i.e. regardless of their will.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ата́џь (atʼádž) — The penis
• Albanian: bibilush — The penis
• Iraqi Arabic: بَلْبُولْ (balbūl) — The penis
• Azerbaijani: duduş — The penis
• Bashkir: бөстөр (böstör) — The penis
• Bulgarian: пи́шка (píška) — The penis
• Catalan: tita — The penis
• Cebuano: badudoy — The penis
• Chinese Mandarin: 弟弟 (dìdi) — The penis
• Czech: pinďour — The penis
• Danish: tissemand — The penis
• Danish: diller — The penis
• Danish: dillermand — The penis
• Dutch: piemel — The penis
• Estonian: noku — The penis
• Faroese: pittur — The penis
• Finnish: pippeli — The penis
• Finnish: kikkeli — The penis
• Finnish: pili — The penis
• French: zizi — The penis
• French: quéquette — The penis
• German: Pimmel — The penis
• German: Schniedel — The penis
• German: Pullermann — The penis
• Greek: πουλί (poulí) — The penis
• Greenlandic: usuk — The penis
• Hebrew: בולבול (bulbul) — The penis
• Hungarian: fütyi — The penis
• Hungarian: kuki — The penis
• Icelandic: typpi — The penis
• Indonesian: burung — The penis
• Indonesian: titit — The penis
• Irish: pilibín — The penis
• Italian: pisello — The penis
• Italian: pisellino — The penis
• Italian: pipino — The penis
• Japanese: おちんちん (ochinchin) — The penis
• Japanese: ちんちん (chinchin) — The penis
• Korean: 고추 (gochu) — The penis
• Latin: pipinna — The penis
• Norwegian Bokmål: guttetiss — The penis
• Norwegian Bokmål: tissemann — The penis
• Polish: siusiak — The penis
• Polish: ptaszek — The penis
• Portuguese: pirilau — The penis
• Portuguese: pipi — The penis
• Portuguese: bingola — The penis
• Romanian: pasăre — The penis
• Russian: писю́н (pisjún) — The penis
• Russian: писю́нчик (pisjúnčik) — The penis
• Northern Sami: cihppa — The penis
• Northern Sami: návli — The penis
• Slovene: lulček — The penis
• Spanish: pilila — The penis
• Spanish: pito — The penis
• Swedish: snopp — The penis
• Swedish: pillesnopp — The penis
• Turkish: pipi — The penis
• Turkish: çük — The penis