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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwirbilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *hwerbaną + *-ilaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxʷir.βi.lɑz/
Noun
*hwirbilaz m[1]
- circle, ring, whirl
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *hwirbilaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *hwirbilaz | *hwirbilōz, *hwirbilōs | |
| vocative | *hwirbil | *hwirbilōz, *hwirbilōs | |
| accusative | *hwirbilą | *hwirbilanz | |
| genitive | *hwirbilas, *hwirbilis | *hwirbilǫ̂ | |
| dative | *hwirbilai | *hwirbilamaz | |
| instrumental | *hwirbilō | *hwirbilamiz | |
Derived terms
- *hwirbilōną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *hwirbil
- Old English: hwyrfel (late)
- Old Frisian: hwarvel
- Old High German: wirbil
- Middle High German: wirbel
- German: Wirbel
- Hunsrik: Werrvel
- Luxembourgish: Wirbel
- Middle High German: wirbel
- Old Norse: hvirfill
- Icelandic: hvirfill
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kvervel
- Swedish: virvel, hvirfvel (pre-1906 spelling)
- Danish: hvirvel
- Norwegian Bokmål: virvel
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*hwerbilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 200