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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wimpil
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wimb-, *weyb- (“rotate, move”).
Noun
*wimpil m
- head scarf
Declension
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *wimpil | |
Genitive | *wimpilas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *wimpil | *wimpilō, *wimpilōs |
Accusative | *wimpil | *wimpilā |
Genitive | *wimpilas | *wimpilō |
Dative | *wimpilē | *wimpilum |
Instrumental | *wimpilu | *wimpilum |
Descendants
- Old English: wimpel, winpel
- Middle English: wympel, wimpel, wympil, wimpul
- English: wimple
- Scots: wympill, wempill, wompyll, wimple
- Middle English: wympel, wimpel, wympil, wimpul
- Old Frisian: wimpel
- Saterland Frisian: Wimpel
- West Frisian: wimpel
- Old Saxon: wimpal
- Middle Low German: wimpel, wumpel
- German Low German: Wimpel
- Middle Low German: wimpel, wumpel
- Old Dutch: *wimpil
- Middle Dutch: wimpel, wumpel
- Dutch: wimpel
- Middle Dutch: wimpel, wumpel
- Old High German: wimpfal, wimpal
- Middle High German: wimpel
- German: Wimpel
- Middle High German: wimpel
- → Old French: guimple, gimple (see there for further descendants)