Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwirbilōną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *hwirbilaz (“circle, ring, whirl”) + *-ōną.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*hwirbilōną[1]
- to whirl
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *hwirbilōną (weak class 2)
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: *hwirfilian
- Middle English: *whirvelen
- Old Dutch: *wervilon
- Old High German: *wirbilōn
- Old Norse: hvirfla
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*hwerbilōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200