Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/spinnilu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *spinnan (“to spin”) +‎ *-ilu.

Noun

*spinnilu f

spindle

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*spinnilu
Genitive	*spinnilā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*spinnilu	*spinnilō
Accusative	*spinnilā	*spinnilā
Genitive	*spinnilā	*spinnilō
Dative	*spinnilē	spinnilōm, spinnilum
Instrumental	*spinnilu	spinnilōm, spinnilum

Descendants

Old English: spinel, spinl, spinil, spindel, spindle
- Middle English: spyndel, spyndylle, spyndell, spindelle, spyndle, spindil, spyndill, spyndul, spindel, spinle, spindle
  - English: spindle, spinnel
  - Scots: spinnell, spindill
Old Frisian: spindel
- North Frisian: spandel
Old Saxon: spinnila
- Middle Low German: spinnel, spindel, spille
  - German Low German: Spill
  - → German: Spill
  - → Danish: spindel
  - → Swedish: spindel
  - → Norwegian: spindel
Old Dutch: *spinla, spilla
- Middle Dutch: spindel, spille
  - Dutch: spindel; spil
Old High German: spinnila, spinnela, spinnala, spilla
- Middle High German: spinnel, spinele, spille
  - German: Spindel; Spille (dialectal except in spillerig, Spillbaum)