Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þwahilā

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 *þwahan +‎ *-ilā.

Noun

*þwahilā f

object used in washing, washrag, towel
Synonym: *þwahilu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þwahilā
Genitive	*þwahilōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þwahilā	*þwahilōn
Accusative	*þwahilōn	*þwahilōn
Genitive	*þwahilōn	*þwahilōnō
Dative	*þwahilōn	þwahilōm, þwahilum
Instrumental	*þwahilōn	þwahilōm, þwahilum

Related terms

Descendants

Note: Many of the descendants merged with the o-stem variant; see Descendants at *þwahilu.

Old English: þwǣle
Old Saxon: *thwehila
- Middle Low German: dwēle, dweile, twele
  - German Low German: Dweil m
Old Dutch: *thwāla
- Middle Dutch: *dweile, dwâle, dwêle, dwâel
  - Dutch: dweil, dwaal
Old High German: dwahila, dwehila
- Middle High German: dwehele, twehele, dwehel, twehel, twahel, dwēle, twēle, twelle, zwehel, zwechel, zwehele, zwēle
  - German: Twele
- ⇒ Old High German: hantdwahala, hanttwāla, hantdwahila, hantdwehila
  - Middle High German: hanttwehele, hanttwehel
    - German: Handzwehle