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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þwahilu

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 *þwahan +‎ *-ilu.[1][2]

Noun

*þwahilu f

  1. towel, washcloth

Inflection
ō-stem
Singular
Nominative *þwahilu
Genitive *þwahilā
Singular Plural
Nominative *þwahilu *þwahilō
Accusative *þwahilā *þwahilā
Genitive *þwahilā *þwahilō
Dative *þwahilē *þwahilōm, *þwahilum
Instrumental *þwahilu *þwahilōm, *þwahilum

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Old English: þwǣle
  • Old Saxon: thwahila, thwehila
    • Middle Low German: dwēle, dweile, twele
      • German Low German: Twele, Dweel
  • Old Dutch: *thweila, *thwāla
  • Old High German: dwehila, dwahila
    • Middle High German: dwehele, twehele, dwehel, twehel, twahel, dwēle, twēle, twelle, zwehel, zwechel, zwehele, zwēle
  • → Medieval Latin: toallia (see there for further descendants)
    • → Old High German: tuallia (reborrowing)

References
  1. Franck, Johannes (1936) “weil”, in N. van Wijk, editor, Etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal (in Dutch), 2nd edition, The Hague: 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff: “*þwaʒila-, -ilô-”
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zwehle”, 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 820: “g. *þwahila-”
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*pwahla-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 555: “*þwahilon-”
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