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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwirbilōną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *hwirbilaz (circle, ring, whirl) + *-ōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷir.βi.lɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwirbilōną[1]

  1. to whirl

Inflection

Descendants

  • Old English: *hwirfilian
    • Middle English: *whirvelen
      • Middle English: whirlen
  • Old Dutch: *wervilon
  • Old High German: *wirbilōn
    • Middle High German: *wirbeln
  • Old Norse: hvirfla
    • Danish: hvirvle
    • Icelandic: hvirfla
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvervle
    • Norwegian Bokmål: virvle
    • Swedish: virvla

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*hwerbilōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
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