fithele
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fedele, fedle, fethele, ffythil, ffythele, fieþle, fithel, fiþele, fydell, phetele, phethele, viþele
Etymology
From Old English *fiþele, from Proto-West Germanic *fiþulā; probably related to Latin vitula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiðəl(ə)/, /ˈfiðlə/
Noun
fithele (plural fitheles)
- A string instrument played with a bow; a viol.
- Synonym: fiele
Related terms
Descendants
- English: fiddle (dialectal feddle)
- → Swahili: fidla
- Scots: fiddle
- Yola: videl
- → Irish: fidil
- → Scottish Gaelic: fìdheall
References
- “fithele, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 3 April 2018.