Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wimpilaz

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 the root of *wīpaną +‎ *-ilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwim.pi.lɑz/

Noun

*wimpilaz m

1. a head covering; wimple; scarf; veil

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *wimpilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*wimpilaz	*wimpilōz, *wimpilōs
vocative	*wimpil	*wimpilōz, *wimpilōs
accusative	*wimpilą	*wimpilanz
genitive	*wimpilas, *wimpilis	*wimpilǫ̂
dative	*wimpilai	*wimpilamaz
instrumental	*wimpilō	*wimpilamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *wimpil
  • 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
        • Afrikaans: wimpel
  • Old High German: wimpfal, wimpal
    • Middle High German: wimpel
      • German: Wimpel
        • → Russian: вы́мпел (výmpel)
  • → Old French: guimple, gimple (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: vimpill
  • Icelandic: vimpill
  • Norwegian: vimpel
  • Swedish: vimpel
  • Danish: vimpel