Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwīlō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷiː.lɔː/

Noun

*hwīlō f

1. time, period of time, while
2. period of rest, break, pause

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *hwīlō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hwīlō	*hwīlôz
vocative	*hwīlō	*hwīlôz
accusative	*hwīlǭ	*hwīlōz
genitive	*hwīlōz	*hwīlǫ̂
dative	*hwīlōi	*hwīlōmaz
instrumental	*hwīlō	*hwīlōmiz

Derived terms

• *hwīlāną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *hwīlu
  • Old English: hwīl, hƿīl
    • Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile
      • English: while
      • Scots: while
      • Yola: while
  • Old Frisian: hwīle
    • West Frisian: wile
  • Old Saxon: hwīla
    • German Low German: Wiel
  • Old Dutch: wīla
    • Middle Dutch: wile
      • Dutch: wijl
      • Limburgish: wiel
  • Old High German: wīla
    • Middle High German: wīle
      • Bavarian: Wäu, Wei, Weil
      • Cimbrian: baille, baila
      • German: Weile
      • → Old Czech: chvíle, chvíľe
        • Czech: chvíle
      • → Old Polish: chwila (“moment”), fila
        • Masurian: sila
        • Polish: chwila, chfila
          • → Belarusian: хві́ля (xvílja)
          • → Kashubian: chwila
          • → Ukrainian: хви́ля (xvýlja)
        • Silesian: chwila
      • Yiddish: ווײַלע (vayle)
    • → Slovak: chvíľa (“moment”)
• Old Norse: hvíla
  • Icelandic: hvíla
  • Faroese: hvíla
  • Old Swedish: hvīla
    • Swedish: vila
    • → Finnish: huilata
  • Danish: hvile
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hvile
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvila
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: kvile
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila)