Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwīlu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwīlō.

Noun

*hwīlu f

period of rest, pause
time, period of time, while

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwīlu
Genitive	*hwīlā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwīlu	*hwīlō
Accusative	*hwīlā	*hwīlā
Genitive	*hwīlā	*hwīlō
Dative	*hwīlē	*hwīlōm
Instrumental	*hwīlu	*hwīlōm

Descendants

Old English: hwīl
- English: while
Old Frisian: hwīle
- West Frisian: wile
Old Saxon: hwīla
Old Dutch: wīla
- Middle Dutch: wile
  - Dutch: wijl
Old High German: wīla
- Middle High German: wīle
  - Cimbrian: baille
  - German: Weile
  - Yiddish: ווײַלע‎ (vayle)
- → Polish: chwila
  - → Belarusian: хвіліна (xvilina)
  - → Ukrainian: хвилина (xvylyna)
- → Slovak: chvíľa