Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwirbil

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 *hwirbilaz.

Noun

*hwirbil m

1. rotating thing, whirl

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwirbil
Genitive	*hwirbilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwirbil	*hwirbilō, *hwirbilōs
Accusative	*hwirbil	*hwirbilā
Genitive	*hwirbilas	*hwirbilō
Dative	*hwirbilē	*hwirbilum
Instrumental	*hwirbilu	*hwirbilum

Descendants

• Old English: hwierfel, hwyrfel (late)
  • Middle English: wherwille, whorlwyl, wherl, whirl (merged with Old Norse hvirfill)
    • English: whirl
    • Scots: whirl
• Old Frisian: hwarvel
  • Saterland Frisian: Wavel
  • West Frisian: warrel, warle
• Old Saxon: *hwirvil
  • Middle Low German: wervel
    • German Low German: Warvel
• Old Dutch: *wirvil
  • Middle Dutch: wervel
    • Dutch: wervel
• Old High German: wirbil
  • Middle High German: wirbel
    • German: Wirbel
    • Hunsrik: Werrvel
    • Luxembourgish: Wirbel