Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wibil

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 *wibilaz. Equivalent to *weban (“to weave”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*wibil m^[1]

beetle, weevil

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*wibil
Genitive	*wibilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*wibil	wibilō, wibilōs
Accusative	*wibil	*wibilā
Genitive	*wibilas	*wibilō
Dative	*wibilē	*wibilum
Instrumental	*wibilu	*wibilum

Related terms

*tordawibil

Descendants

Old English: wifel, wibil, wibl, uuibil, *fifel
- Middle English: wevel, wevyl, wyvyl
  - English: weevil
  - Scots: wavel
Old Saxon: *wivil, *uuivil, *wibil
- Middle Low German: wevel, wêvel
  - → Swedish: vivel
Old Dutch: *wivil
- Middle Dutch: wivel, wevel
  - Dutch: wevel
Old High German: wibil
- Middle High German: wibel, wupel
  - German: Wiebel

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wiebel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 790: “wg. *webila-”

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Wiebel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 790: “wg. *webila-”

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