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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/handuþwahilu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *handu (“hand”) + *þwahilu (“towel, washcloth”).
Noun
*handuþwahilu f
- hand towel
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *handuþwahilu | |
Genitive | *handuþwahilā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *handuþwahilu | *handuþwahilō |
Accusative | *handuþwahilā | *handuþwahilā |
Genitive | *handuþwahilā | *handuþwahilō |
Dative | *handuþwahilē | *handuþwahilōm |
Instrumental | *handuþwahilu | *handuþwahilōm |
Descendants
- Old Saxon: handthwēla
- Middle Low German: hantdwēle
- Old Dutch: *handthwāla
- Middle Dutch: hantdwale, hantdwele, hantdwael
- Dutch: handdwaal
- Middle Dutch: hantdwale, hantdwele, hantdwael
- Old High German: hantdwahala, hanttwāla, hantdwahila, hantdwehila
- Middle High German: hanttwehele, hanttwehel
- German: Handzwehle
- Middle High German: hanttwehele, hanttwehel