Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fiþulā

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 *fiþulǭ, of uncertain ultimate origin. It is unclear if Late Latin vitula is the origin or a borrowing of the Germanic term.

Noun

*fiþulā f

1. fiddle

   Synonyms: *gīgā, *gīgu

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*fiþulā
Genitive	*fiþulōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*fiþulā	*fiþulōn
Accusative	*fiþulōn	*fiþulōn
Genitive	*fiþulōn	*fiþulōnō
Dative	*fiþulōn	*fiþulōm, *fiþulum
Instrumental	*fiþulōn	*fiþulōm, *fiþulum

Descendants

• Old English: *fiþele
  • Middle English: fithele, fedele, fedle, fethele, ffythil, ffythele, fieþle, fithel, fiþele, fydell, phetele, phethele, viþele
    • English: fiddle (dialectal feddle)
      • → Swahili: fidla
    • Scots: fiddle
    • Yola: videl
    • → Irish: fidil
    • → Scottish Gaelic: fìdheall
• Old Frisian: *fithele, *fidele
  • Saterland Frisian: Fiedel
  • West Frisian: fidel, fitel
    • ⇒ West Frisian: fiteltsje
• Old Saxon: *fithala
  • Middle Low German: vedele, vēdele, veddele, viddele, veddel, viddel
    • German Low German: Fiedel
    • Plautdietsch: Fiddel
• Old Dutch: *fithela
  • Middle Dutch: vedele, viedele, vedel
    • Dutch: vedel (archaic veel)
• Old High German: fidala, fidula
  • Middle High German: videle, fidele, fidel
    • Central Franconian: Fedel, Fiddel
    • German: Fiedel, Fidel (see usage notes below)
      • → Lower Sorbian: fidle
      • → Polish: fidel
    • Rhine Franconian: Fidel
      • Pennsylvania German: Fiedel
    • Yiddish: פֿידל (fidl)
• →? Late Latin: vitula, vidula (possibly) (see there for further descendants)