Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wimpil

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 Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“rotate, move”).

Noun

*wimpil m

1. head scarf

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wimpil
Genitive	*wimpilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wimpil	*wimpilō, *wimpilōs
Accusative	*wimpil	*wimpilā
Genitive	*wimpilas	*wimpilō
Dative	*wimpilē	*wimpilum
Instrumental	*wimpilu	*wimpilum

Descendants

• Old English: wimpel, winpel
  • Middle English: wympel, wimpel, wympil, wimpul
    • English: wimple
    • Scots: wympill, wempill, wompyll, wimple
• Old Frisian: wimpel
  • Saterland Frisian: Wimpel
  • West Frisian: wimpel
• Old Saxon: wimpal
  • Middle Low German: wimpel, wumpel
    • German Low German: Wimpel
• Old Dutch: *wimpil
  • Middle Dutch: wimpel, wumpel
    • Dutch: wimpel
• Old High German: wimpfal, wimpal
  • Middle High German: wimpel
    • German: Wimpel
      • → Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)
• → Old French: guimple, gimple (see there for further descendants)