Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/handuþwahilu

This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *handu (“hand”) +‎ *þwahilu (“towel, washcloth”).

Noun

*handuþwahilu f

1. hand towel

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*handuþwahilu
Genitive	*handuþwahilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*handuþwahilu	*handuþwahilō
Accusative	*handuþwahilā	*handuþwahilā
Genitive	*handuþwahilā	*handuþwahilō
Dative	*handuþwahilē	*handuþwahilōm, *handuþwahilum
Instrumental	*handuþwahilu	*handuþwahilōm, *handuþwahilum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: handthwēla
  • Middle Low German: hantdwēle
• Old Dutch: *handthwāla
  • Middle Dutch: hantdwale, hantdwele, hantdwael
    • Dutch: handdwaal
• Old High German: hantdwahala, hanttwāla, hantdwahila, hantdwehila
  • Middle High German: hanttwehele, hanttwehel
    • German: Handzwehle