wish: [OE] Wish comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wunskjan, which also produced German wünschen, Swedish ?nska, and Danish ?nske. Its ultimate ancestor is the Indo-European base *wun-, *wen-, *won-, source also of English wean, ween ‘think, suppose’ [OE] (now archaic except in the derivative overweening [14]), the win- of winsome [OE], and wont ‘accustomed’, and of German wonne ‘joy’. => overweening, wean, winsome, wont
wish (v.)
Old English wyscan "to wish, cherish a desire," from Proto-Germanic *wunsk- (cognates: Old Norse ?skja, Danish ?nske, Swedish ?nska, Middle Dutch wonscen, Dutch wensen, Old High German wunsken, German wunschen "to wish"), from PIE *wen- (1) "to strive after, wish, desire, be satisfied" (cognates: Sanskrit vanati "he desires, loves, wins," Latin venus "love, sexual desire, loveliness," venerari "to worship;" see Venus). Related: Wished; wishing. Wishing well as an enchanted water hole attested by 1819.
wish (n.)
early 14c., "act of wishing," also "what one wishes for," from wish (v.). Cognate with Old Norse osk, Middle Dutch wonsc, Dutch wens, Old High German wunsc, German Wunsch "a wish." Wish fulfillment (1901) translates German wunscherfüllung (Freud, "Die Traumdeutung," 1900).
例文
1. "I wish I had a little brother," said Daphne wistfully.
「弟がほしい」ダフニは感傷的に言った。
2.They have no wish for any change in the status quo.
彼らは現状を変えたくない。
3.I just wanted to wish you a merry Christmas.
メリークリスマスだけを祝福したい。
4.I wish I knew how to turn on the heating.
暖房のつけ方を知ってほしい。
5.I wish to point out your misrepresentation of the facts.