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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wibilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Possibly from *webaną (“to weave”) + *-ilaz.[1] Suggested to be related to Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle”).[2][3]
Noun
*wibilaz m[3]
- beetle, weevil
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *wibilaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *wibilaz | *wibilōz, *wibilōs | |
| vocative | *wibil | *wibilōz, *wibilōs | |
| accusative | *wibilą | *wibilanz | |
| genitive | *wibilas, *wibilis | *wibilǫ̂ | |
| dative | *wibilai | *wibilamaz | |
| instrumental | *wibilō | *wibilamiz | |
Derived terms
- *turdawibilaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *wibil
- Old English: wifel, wibil, wibl, uuibil
- Middle English: wevel, wevyl, wyvyl
- English: weevil
- Scots: wavel
- Middle English: wevel, wevyl, wyvyl
- Old Saxon: *wivil, *uuivil, *wibil
- Middle Low German: wevel, wêvel
- → Swedish: vivel
- Middle Low German: wevel, wêvel
- Old Dutch: *wivil
- Middle Dutch: wivel, wevel
- Dutch: wevel
- Middle Dutch: wivel, wevel
- Old High German: wibil
- Middle High German: wibel, wupel
- German: Wiebel
- Middle High German: wibel, wupel
- Old English: wifel, wibil, wibl, uuibil
References
- Hellquist, Elof (1922), “vivel”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 1142
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Wiebel”, 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 790
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*webilaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 451