hwitel

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hwītil, from Proto-Germanic *hwītilaz (“linen, sheet”). Cognate with Old Norse hvítill (“white bed cover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxwiː.tel/, [ˈʍiː.tel]

Noun

hwītel m

1. blanket
2. cloak

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hwītel	hwītlas
accusative	hwītel	hwītlas
genitive	hwītles	hwītla
dative	hwītle	hwītlum

Derived terms

• underhwītel

Descendants

• Middle English: whytel, whitle, wytele, wittulle
  • English: whittle
  • Yola: whithel
• → Old Northern French: blancet, blanket (calque)
  • Middle French: blanchet
    • French: blanchet
  • → Middle English: blanket
    • English: blanket
    • Scots: blanket
    • → Old Norse: blakt