hweol

Old English

Alternative forms

hweohl, hweogul, hweogol, hweowul, hweowol, weogl, wiogl, hweohhol

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hweulō, plural of *hwehwlą, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷléh₂, plural of *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, derived from the root *kʷel- (“going around”). Cognate with Old Frisian hwēl, Old Saxon hwiol, and Old Norse hvél. Extra-Germanic cognates include Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xwe͜oːl/, [ʍe͜oːl]

Noun

hwēol n

wheel

Declension

Declension of hweol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hwēol	hwēol
accusative	hwēol	hwēol
genitive	hwēoles	hwēola
dative	hwēole	hwēolum

Descendants

Middle English: whel, ȝweol, hwel, qweel, qwel, qwele, qwell, qweyll, wele, wheel, wheele, whele, whelle, wheol, wheyle, wheylle
- English: wheel
  - → Maori: wīra
- Middle Scots: quhel, quhele, quheil, quheile
  - Scots: wheel
- Yola: wheel

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