Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwīlāną

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwīlāną

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 *hwīlō (“while, period, pause”) +‎ *-āną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷiː.lɑː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hwīlāną[1][2]

1. to rest, to pause, to take a break

Inflection

Conjugation of *hwīlāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwīlō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*hwīlaisi	?	*hwīlai	*hwīlāsai	?
3rd singular	*hwīlaiþi	?	*hwīlāþau	*hwīlāþai	?
1st dual	*hwīlōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*hwīlāþiz	?	*hwīlāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*hwīlāmaz	?	—	*hwīlānþai	?
2nd plural	*hwīlaiþ	?	*hwīlaiþ	*hwīlānþai	?
3rd plural	*hwīlānþi	?	*hwīlānþau	*hwīlānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*hwīladǭ	*hwīladēdį̄
2nd singular	*hwīladēz	*hwīladēdīz
3rd singular	*hwīladē	*hwīladēdī
1st dual	*hwīladēdū	*hwīladēdīw
2nd dual	*hwīladēdudiz	*hwīladēdīdiz
1st plural	*hwīladēdum	*hwīladēdīm
2nd plural	*hwīladēdud	*hwīladēdīd
3rd plural	*hwīladēdun	*hwīladēdīn
	present	past
participles	*hwīlāndz	*hwīladaz

Descendants

• Old Norse: hvíla
  • Icelandic: hvíla
  • Faroese: hvíla
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hvile
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvile, kvila
  • Old Swedish: hvīla
    • Swedish: vila
  • Old Danish: hwīla, hwilæ
    • Danish: hvile
  • Westrobothnian: wiil, wäil
  • → Finnish: huilata
• Gothic: 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (ƕeilān)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwīlō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 267: “*hwīlēn-”
2. Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*xwīlēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201