Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þwahilu
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]*þwahilu f
Inflection
[edit]| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *þwahilu | |
| Genitive | *þwahilā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *þwahilu | *þwahilō |
| Accusative | *þwahilā | *þwahilā |
| Genitive | *þwahilā | *þwahilō |
| Dative | *þwahilē | *þwahilōm, *þwahilum |
| Instrumental | *þwahilu | *þwahilōm, *þwahilum |
Alternative reconstructions
[edit]- *þwahilā[3]
Related terms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old English: þwǣle
- Old Saxon: thwahila, thwehila
- Old Dutch: *thweila, *thwāla
- Old High German: dwehila, dwahila
- → Medieval Latin: toallia (see there for further descendants)
- → Old High German: tuallia (reborrowing)
References
[edit]- ^ Franck, Johannes (1936) “weil”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “*þwaʒila-, -ilô-”
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zwehle”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 820: “g. *þwahila-”
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*pwahla-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “*þwahilon-”