Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīlu

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 *hwīlō.

Noun

*hwīlu f

1. period of rest, pause
2. time, period of time, while

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwīlu
Genitive	*hwīlā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwīlu	*hwīlō
Accusative	*hwīlā	*hwīlā
Genitive	*hwīlā	*hwīlō
Dative	*hwīlē	*hwīlōm, *hwīlum
Instrumental	*hwīlu	*hwīlōm, *hwīlum

Descendants

• Old English: hwīl, hƿīl
  • Middle English: whyle, while, hwile, qhyle, wile
    • English: while
    • Scots: while
    • Yola: while
• Old Frisian: hwīle
  • West Frisian: wile
• Old Saxon: hwīla
  • German Low German: Wiel
• Old Dutch: wīla
  • Middle Dutch: wile
    • Dutch: wijl
    • Limburgish: wiel
• Old High German: wīla
  • Middle High German: wīle
    • Bavarian: Wäu, Wei, Weil
    • Cimbrian: baille, baila
    • German: Weile
    • → Old Czech: chvíle, chvíľe
      • Czech: chvíle
    • → Old Polish: chwila (“moment”), fila
      • Masurian: sila
      • Polish: chwila, chfila
        • → Belarusian: хві́ля (xvílja)
        • → Kashubian: chwila
        • → Ukrainian: хви́ля (xvýlja)
      • Silesian: chwila
    • Yiddish: ווײַלע (vayle)
  • → Slovak: chvíľa (“moment”)